Expatriates Selection: An Essay of Model Analysis

Rui Bártolo-Ribeiro () and Luís Andrade ()
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Rui Bártolo-Ribeiro: ISPA - University Institute, Postal: Assistant Professor/, Director of Center of Psychological Assessment at ISPA - University Institute, Portugal, http://www.ispa.pt/
Luís Andrade: ISPA - University Institute, Postal: Assistant Professor, ISPA - University Institute, Portugal, http://www.ispa.pt/

Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, 2015, vol. 3, issue 1, 47-57

Abstract: The business expansion to other geographical areas with different cultures from which organizations were created and developed leads to the expatriation of employees to these destinations. Recruitment and selection procedures of expatriates do not always have the intended success leading to an early return of these professionals with the consequent organizational disorders. In this study, several articles published in the last five years were analyzed in order to identify the most frequently mentioned dimensions in the selection of expatriates in terms of success and failure. The characteristics in the selection process that may increase prediction of adaptation of expatriates to new cultural contexts of the some organization were studied according to the KSAOs model. Few references were found concerning Knowledge, Skills and Abilities dimensions in the analyzed papers. There was a strong predominance on the evaluation of Other Characteristics, and was given more importance to dispositional factors than situational factors for promoting the integration of the expatriates.

Keywords: Expatriates; Culture; Personnel Selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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