Journal of Global Mobility

2013 - 2026

Current editor(s): Professor Jan Selmer

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2026, month September, vol 14

The expatriate privilege paradox: structurally positioned identity and coping during crisis pp. 429-456

Judit Végh, Marie Therese Claes, Joyce Jenkins, Andrea Dúll and Lan Anh Nguyen Luu

2026, month August, vol 14

The soft side of global mobility: emotional intelligence meets organizational support pp. 457-491

Yassine Draoui and Fatima Zohra Sossi Alaoui

Beyond the traditional interview: alternative methods for capturing complexity and dynamics in an increasingly digitally mediated and globally mobile world pp. 492-522

Dan Ha Le, Jakob Lauring and Charlotte Jonasson

From adjustment to enactment: how Chinese self-initiated expatriates craft identity legitimacy in Japanese organizations pp. 523-550

Jiawei Song

2026, month July, vol 14

Beyond cultural learning: the “missing group” framework and identity transformation in global mobility pp. 392-412

Moshe Banai

Revisiting expatriate bubbles: strategic engagement and distancing among self-initiated expatriates pp. 413-428

Christina Efthymiadou, Vanda Papafilippou, Hugo Gaggiotti and Ilias Gerogiannis

2026, month June, vol 14

Career anchors of French chefs: keys to success in haute cuisine pp. 287-316

Patrice Cailleba and Johanna Edelbloude

Migration to market entry: a scoping review of African migrant entrepreneurship pp. 345-366

Roslyn Ann Cameron, Ben Archer and Rowan Machaka

The dark and bright sides of global virtual teams on employee well-being: a systematic review pp. 369-391

Mwiza Msiska, Dorra Yahiaoui, Alfredo Jiménez and Sari Mansour

2026, month May, vol 14

Living and working on the move: individual-level insights into digital nomadism pp. 254-286

Olivia Staub

Enhancing expatriate–host country national relationships: a multi-stakeholder perspective pp. 317-344

Roman Faller, Liza Howe-Walsh and Hazel Gruenewald

2026, month April, vol 14

Navigating global virtual teams: technological, cultural and leadership challenges in the era of remote work pp. 185-205

Katul Yousef

Qualification-matched employment of skilled migrants in Norway: a multidisciplinary review pp. 206-232

Annelise Ly

Multifaceted individual ROI: global talent management of global virtual contractors pp. 233-253

Sungah Hong

2026, month March, vol 14

Spousal influence and family-relatedness of work decisions in mixed couples: experiences of Japanese female self-initiated expatriates pp. 134-152

Kanako Takeda

The psychological contracts of self-initiated expatriate women: contract type, expatriate status and intention to stay pp. 153-181

Rita Fontinha, Kate Hutchings, Washika Haak-Saheem, Michael J. Morley and Chris Brewster

2026, month February, vol 14

Institutional environment of employers’ interests in labour migration pp. 108-133

Dominika Pszczółkowska, Sara Bojarczuk and Marek Okólski

2026, month January, vol 14

Mapping expatriate resource gains: the impact of company policy design pp. 48-72

João Vasco Coelho

Skilled migrant and self-initiated expatriate women: their managerial advancement in developed, mature economies pp. 73-107

Phyllis Tharenou

2026, month November

Between two extremes: Egyptian physicians and the paradox of intra-African migration pp. 1-22

Mohamed Mousa and Mona Hashem

A paradox theory perspective of boundary spanning gains and losses: locally hired parent country nationals in emerging market multinational corporations pp. 1-26

Xin Lu and Vesa Peltokorpi

2026, month October

Exploited into silence: how perceived organizational exploitation drains the voice of migrant workers, and why vulnerability deepens the harm pp. 1-22

Muhammad Awais Khan

Managing work–life borders in global mobility: work–life balance and resilience among expatriate entrepreneurs in Dubai’s tourism sector pp. 1-21

Rizwan Tahir

2026, month September

Pathways to adjustment: a mixed-methods study of expatriate parents and adolescents in Switzerland pp. 1-23

Marnie Olivia Reed, Emma Marchal Jones, Jens Gaab and Yoon Phaik Ooi

2025, month December, vol 14

Antecedents and emotional consequences of national disidentification in global mobility: buffering role of socio-cultural adaptation pp. 30-47

Dario Miocevic

2025, month November, vol 14

Protean and boundaryless careers under constraint: the case of European self-initiated expatriates in Japan pp. 1-29

Dennis Gleissner

2025, month November, vol 13

From campus to global employees: a systematic review of expatriate career intention pp. 647-668

Ziyun Song and Weiling Wang

International assignments in risky contexts – deterring or addictive? A study of the interplay between challenges and motivations pp. 669-688

Malin Harryson Näsholm and Ulrica Nylén

Environmental sensitivity in the self-assessment of cultural intelligence development pp. 689-716

Maike Andresen and Isabel de Sivatte

2025, month October, vol 13

Expert Review Series: Global mobility’s forgotten partner: the case for supporting host country nationals pp. 541-563

Anthony Fee, Snejina Michailova and Marian van Bakel

Expatriating for safety: recognition and marginalized women expatriates in the UAE pp. 588-615

Milena Tekeste and Mustafa F. Özbilgin

2025, month September, vol 13

A review of work–life balance in the expatriation context pp. 406-444

Lara Grilo, Antonio Moreira, Claudia Santos, Ana Alves Araújo and Mariana Ferreira

International entrepreneurial mobility and innovation: revisiting the phenomenon and future research directions pp. 445-467

Ngoc Nhu Nguyen, Yen Tran and Assylbek Nurgabdeshov

Network development mechanisms of immigrant entrepreneurs: insights from an emerging economy pp. 564-587

Clavis Nwehfor Fubah and Menisha Moos

2025, month August, vol 13

A systematic review of the impact of cultural intelligence on expatriates’ behavior and outcomes: state of knowledge and research directions pp. 616-646

Said Toumi and Zhan Su

2025, month July, vol 13

Reintegration and support after deployment: what HR should know pp. 505-540

Vita Glorieux, Salvatore Lo Bue and Martin Euwema

2025, month May, vol 13

From expatriates to homecoming heroes – balancing organizational interests and support for a facilitated repatriation pp. 179-197

Alice Fuchs and Henriett Primecz

Toward an understanding of female self-initiated expatriation: a systematic literature review pp. 345-377

Dennis Gleissner and Sebastian Stoermer

Nation branding: a strategic tool for attracting talent globally pp. 468-485

Sara Vinyals-Mirabent, José Fernández-Cavia, Valeriano Piñeiro-Naval and Jose Filipe Torres

Psychological impact of expatriation experiences on child and adolescent mental health: a narrative synthesis pp. 486-504

Maria A. Zakoula, Maria Gudbrandsen and Mark Kennedy

2025, month March, vol 13

Empowering knowledge dynamics: a process ontology perspective on collaborative leadership in international assignments pp. 198-218

Joshua Haist, Philip St John Renshaw and Jennifer Robinson

2025, month February, vol 13

Extending expatriate support theory: a multi-level perspective on organisational, social and family support in remote work transitions pp. 133-153

Judit Végh, Joyce Jenkins and Marie Therese Claes

Academic self-initiated expatriates’ management in host transnational higher education institutions: motivations, perceived challenges and work performance pp. 219-239

Nguyen Hai Ngan Tran, Carla Alexandra da Encarnação Filipe Amado and Sérgio Santos

It was only supposed to be temporary: exploring assigned expatriates’ decision to becoming long-term migrants in their host country pp. 240-269

Sungah Hong, Christopher Richardson and Noor Fareen Abdul Rahim

2025, month January, vol 13

Social media’s role in enhancing psychological well-being of Generation Z expatriates pp. 32-58

Hoai Lan Duong, Thi Kim Oanh Vo, Minh Tung Tran and Thi Kim Cuc Tran

Integrating social media platforms into expatriate training and development programs: an experiential learning perspective pp. 59-76

Stephanie Bilderback and Matthew Farrell

Unraveling digital nomadism: a comprehensive bibliometric review of emerging research and trends pp. 107-132

Bárbara Viana de Sousa, Maria Bastida and Elvira Vieira

Mapping psychological adjustment in third culture kids: the relative contributions of emotion regulation, cognition, resilience and stress pp. 270-291

Emma Marchal Jones, Marnie Olivia Reed, Andrea Meyer, Jens Gaab and Yoon Phaik Ooi

2024, month December, vol 13

RETRACTED: Narrative review on talent management: evaluating two decades and exploring future research directions pp. 1-31

Kousay Abid and Federica Polo

2024, month November, vol 13

Work, wander and repeat: modeling the enablers of digital nomadic lifestyle pp. 77-106

Vivek Vohra, Shanthi Banishetty, Tanusree Dutta and Aanchal Joshi

EXPERT REVIEW SERIES Restoring a parched tributary in global mobility research: the study of expatriates as leaders pp. 154-173

Mark E. Mendenhall and B. Sebastian Reiche

Expatriate employees’ reactions to psychological contract breach: an empirical test of affective events theory pp. 292-322

Khaldoun I. Ababneh, Raed Ababneh, Mohammed Al Waqfi and Evangelos Dedousis

“Vous parlez anglais?” “Pas du tout”: cross-cultural challenges faced by Chinese inpatriates in France pp. 323-342

Mingzhi Huang, Christopher Richardson and Noor Fareen Abdul Rahim

The inadequacy of using a few criteria to define self-initiated expatriates: a systematic literature review and proposed definition pp. 378-405

Saeed Turki Alshahrani

2024, month October, vol 13

Digitalization and expatriate cross-cultural adjustment: the role of mobile apps pp. 9-31

Yuling Wang, Martin Lockett and Abby Jingzi Zhou

2024, month November, vol 12

There is nothing like staying at home: Japanese employees’ dispositional resistance to change and their expatriation willingness pp. 573-590

Sachiko Yamao and Tomoki Sekiguchi

2024, month September, vol 12

When you hop, what do you hope? Evolution of success parameters for expatriates across assignments pp. 591-619

Prantika Ray and Sunil Kumar Maheshwari

2024, month August, vol 12

“Willing to go the extra mile”: an exploration of antecedents of assigned expatriates' work engagement pp. 369-393

Marian van Bakel, Mette Strange Noesgaard and Snejina Michailova

2024, month July, vol 12

Sedentary settlers or nomadic opportunists? Diverging rationales in international entrepreneurial mobility pp. 417-443

Michelle Mielly, Phil Watson Eyre and Felix Hubner

Expatriate’s protean career orientation and cross-cultural adjustment: the mediating role of career adaptability pp. 620-647

G. Sathish, Tuheena Mukherjee and Sangeeta Sahney

Stuck in a moment you can't get out of: the psychological effects of expatriates' coping with a crisis situation pp. 648-668

Alexei Koveshnikov and Miikka J. Lehtonen

2024, month June, vol 12

How language power, white subalternity and compressed modernity frame highly-skilled non-Western migrants in an East-German company: insights from multi-sited ethnography pp. 394-416

Jasmin Mahadevan

Does workplace incivility trigger the intention to self-initiate expatriation? An investigation among young Tunisian physicians pp. 669-690

Emna Gara Bach Ouerdian, Khadija Gaha and Nizar Mansour

2024, month April, vol 12

Sailing through the international assignment: exploring the role of perceived credibility in expatriate adjustment and socialization process in the host country pp. 502-519

Ashneet Kaur, Sudhanshu Maheshwari and Arup Varma

Why moving there? Spanish SIEs: factors and motivations involved in the choice of the host destination pp. 520-544

Maria Rita Blanco and Mariela Golik

Dashed hopes or delayed met expectations? Skilled migrant women’s qualification-matched employment pp. 545-570

Phyllis Tharenou

The mediating role of cultural intelligence to learning flexibility, cultural difference and expatriate effectiveness pp. 715-737

Ming (Lily) Li, Jinglin Jiang and Meng Qi

2024, month March, vol 12

A process perspective on the expatriate social capital – knowledge transfer and expatriate adjustment relationships pp. 333-354

Chun-Hsiao Wang and Yu-Ping Chen

Global talent management – talents, mobility and global experiences – a systematic literature review pp. 444-501

Bianca Sousa, João J.M. Ferreira, Shital Jayantilal and Marina Dabic

Understanding the evolution of international human resource management research: a bibliometric review over the past 25 years (1995–2019) pp. 691-714

Joonghak Lee, Chungil Chae, Jong Min Lee and Rita Fontinha

2024, month February, vol 12

Unpacking the influence of foreignness on employment prospects within a multinational enterprise: an examination of gender, professional experience and duration of stay pp. 288-312

Agnieszka Nowinska and Marte C.W. Solheim

A conceptual model of individuals' decision to engage in global mobility: integrating self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior pp. 313-332

Denise R. Quatrin, Roberta Aguzzoli and Jorge Lengler

2024, month January, vol 12

Africa’s expatriation: current context and future research agenda pp. 201-218

Betty Jane Punnett, Lemayon Melyoki and Thomas Senaji

Self-initiated expatriates' cultural intelligence, embeddedness and career satisfaction: a whole-life perspective pp. 265-287

Yu-Ping Chen, Yu-Shan Hsu and Margaret Shaffer