Revisiting repatriation concerns: organizational support versus career and contextual influences

Mila B Lazarova and Jean-Luc Cerdin
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Mila B Lazarova: Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Jean-Luc Cerdin: ESSEC Business School, Cergy-Pontoise, France

Journal of International Business Studies, 2007, vol. 38, issue 3, 404-429

Abstract: This paper reviews and integrates two perspectives on repatriate retention: a traditional one, which suggests that the main determinant of repatriate retention is the availability of repatriation support programs; and an emerging one, which focuses on individual career activism in a changing employment context. Results of a study of 133 expatriates from 14 MNCs indicate that both views contribute to our understanding of repatriate retention. Building on the results of our study, we put forward a framework to guide future research. Journal of International Business Studies (2007) 38, 404–429. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400273

Date: 2007
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