Does international work experience pay off? The relationship between international work experience, employability and career success: A 30-country, multi-industry study

dc.contributor.authorAndresen, Maike
dc.contributor.authorLazarova, Mila
dc.contributor.authorApospori, Eleni
dc.contributor.authorCotton, Richard
dc.contributor.authorBosak, Janine
dc.contributor.authorDickmann, Michael
dc.contributor.authorKaše, Robert
dc.contributor.authorSmale, Adam
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-15T11:12:07Z
dc.date.available2021-12-15T11:12:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-11
dc.description.abstractDrawing on human capital theory, our study examines the relationship between international work experience and individuals' career success in terms of promotions and subjective financial success. We propose that these relationships are mediated by external employability and hypothesise a moderating role of national-level economic freedom. Using data from 19,421 respondents, residing in 30 countries and working in different occupational groups (managers, professionals, clerical and blue-collar workers), our results suggest that international work experience is positively related to promotions and subjective financial success across our study's different national contexts. These positive relationships were mediated by individuals' perceived external employability. Some support for the moderation of the relationship between international work experience and employability through economic freedom was only found when we differentiate between different types of international work experience. The findings enhance our understanding of the association between international work experience and career success from a human capital perspective.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAndresen M, Lazarova M, Apospori E, et al., (2022) Does international work experience pay off? The relationship between international work experience, employability and career success: A 30-country, multi-industry study. Human Resource Management, Volume 32, Issue 3, July 2022, pp. 698-721en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0090-4848
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12423
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17334
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWileyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectcareer successen_UK
dc.subjecteconomic freedomen_UK
dc.subjectemployabilityen_UK
dc.subjecthuman capitalen_UK
dc.subjectinternational work experienceen_UK
dc.titleDoes international work experience pay off? The relationship between international work experience, employability and career success: A 30-country, multi-industry studyen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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