Talent Management of Self-Initiated Expatriates: A Neglected Source of Global Talent

A collection of research papers about self-initiated expatriates and their experiences. As traditional talent management can no longer fulfil the needs of globally operating organisations, self-initiated expatriates have become an ever more important, albeit neglected source of the global talent flow.

About the Author

Yochanan Altman, Chartered Psychologist Yehuda Baruch, Rouen Business School, France Riana van den Bergh, University of Pretoria, South Africa Chris Brewster, University of Reading, UK Carolyn Dickie, Curtin University, Australia Michael Dickmann, Cranfield University, UK Noeleen Doherty, Occupational Psychologist Anthony Fee, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Nadia deGama, York University, Canada Edelweiss C. Harrison, Business Strategy Consultant, Quadradix, New Zealand Eliane Karsaklian, Université de la Sorbonne, France Jakob Lauring, Aarhus University, Denmark Anthony McDonnell, University of South Australia, Australia Steve McKenna, York University, Canada Yvonne McNulty, Shanghai University, PR China Snejina Michailova, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Kristiina Mäkelä, Aalto University, Finland Liisa Mäkelä, University of Vaasa, Finland Yvonne du Plessis, University of Pretoria, South Africa Julia Richardson, York University, Canada Hugh Scullion, NUI Galway, Ireland Jan Selmer Aarhus University, Denmark Vesa Suutari University of Vaasa, Finland Christelle Tornikoski Grenoble Ecole de Management, France