Early Career Stage Academics and Their Expatriation Destination: What Drives Their City Choice in Enhancing Regional Sustainability?

Yustika N. Arifa (), Svetlana N. Khapova and Sabrine El Baroudi
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Yustika N. Arifa: Department of Management and Organisation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Svetlana N. Khapova: Department of Management and Organisation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sabrine El Baroudi: Department of Management and Organisation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-13

Abstract: Amid a growing interest in how geographical location functions as a motive for self-initiated expatriate (SIE) academics to choose their next employer, more research is needed to understand how academics select a potential location for their expatriation. With the goal of contributing to the literature on SIE academics, this study explores the cues that drive early career-stage academics to choose a destination—Copenhagen or Amsterdam—when accepting an international job offer. The data reveal that four frames drive SIE academics’ meaning-making regarding a potential destination city: positive impression, livable city, familiarity, and political stability and career development expectations. This paper concludes with a discussion of how our findings contribute to the higher education and mobility literature and offers important implications for practice.

Keywords: academic expatriation; city branding; location decision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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