The effects of situational and personal factors on employee motivation for relocation

Hana Ornoy and Shlomo Yedidia Tarba

Global Business and Economics Review, 2011, vol. 13, issue 3/4, 257-268

Abstract: Globalisation leads to mobilisation of human capital and an increase in the number of employees who leave their countries because of relocation. Relocation or recruitment of local employees to work in a foreign country requires good adjustment skills. Studies have found a high rate of failure in relocation. The current article suggests that one important reason for failure may have to do with the motivation shown by expatriates prior to relocation. Employee whose motivation is questionable will find the task especially difficult. The paper reviews the situational and personal factors that can influence the motivation for relocation.

Keywords: expatriates; relocation; family; personality factors; situational factors; personal factors; employee motivation; globalisation; worker mobilisation; human capital; employee migration; recruitment; local employees; foreign countries; adjustment skills; failure rates; global business; economics. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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