Article
Typologies: What types of foreign executives are appointed by local organisations and what types of organisations appoint them?
German Journal of Research in Human Resource Management / Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP)
(2013)
Abstract
Current issues in international human resource management include global careers that differ from traditional expatriate assignments. A number of foreign executives have in recent years been appointed to positions in the headquarter operations of culturally distant organisations. These appointments of foreign executives in local organisations (FELOs) can be viewed as a specific form of self-initiated expatriation (SIE), with several distinct types of FELOs found in fieldwork studies. This article offers typologies of the individuals and organisations involved in the FELO phenomenon. These typologies elucidate that FELO appointments do not necessarily indicate a geocentric hiring approach, and assist in identifying which FELO workplaces produce successful outcomes as well as those which are likely to fail. The applicability to other country contexts, implications for theory on diversity in management teams, and key criteria for FELO hiring practices are discussed.
Keywords
- foreign executives,
- expatriates,
- self-initiated expatriation,
- cultural distance,
- typologies
Disciplines
Publication Date
2013
DOI
10.1177/239700221302700302
Citation Information
Frithjof Arp. "Typologies: What types of foreign executives are appointed by local organisations and what types of organisations appoint them?" German Journal of Research in Human Resource Management / Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) Vol. 27 Iss. 3 (2013) p. 167 - 194 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/frithjof_arp/1/