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Motivation for skilled professionals to accept expatriate assignments
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/44124 Motivation for skilled professionals to accept expatriate assignments Bussin, Mark ichelp@gibs.co.za Moodley, Auvasha UCTD Expatriate skilled professionals expatriate assignments motivation Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. Orientation – The researcher, under the supervision of Dr Mark Bussin sought to explore and understand the factors that influence skilled professionals to accept expatriate assignments. Research purpose – identify predominant factors that motivate skilled professional to accept or decline expatriate offers and understand the impact that age has on the priority of these factors. Motivation for the study – There is little research that has been done thus far that identifies the factors that motivate skilled professionals to accept expatriate assignments and the impact that age may have on the priority of these factors. Research design, approach and method – The researcher used an exploratory qualitative research approach and, more specifically, semi structured interviews. Main findings – Career, family and geographic location appear to be key motivational factors for skilled professionals to accept expatriate assignments. There is also an increasing importance being given to the presence of a comprehensive company policy with regard to expatriate assignments which gives the skilled professional a sense of comfort when making the decision. In addition age does not appear to influence the factors that motivate skilled professionals to accept an expatriate assignment however importance to various factors may change dependent on age and position in career at the time of making the decision. Practical/managerial implications – As a result of globalisation which is currently a very prevalent influence on the economic environment, there is an increased need for skilled professionals to accept expatriate assignments in multi-national companies. It is therefore important for employers to understand what motivates skilled professionals to accept these expatriate assignments. Contribution/value-add – Although this study is explorative and descriptive, it suggests that if management at multi-national companies are aware of the factors that motivate skilled professionals to accept expatriate assignments, they stand a better chance of being able to fill positions appropriately if they are able to meet the needs of the skilled professionals. lmgibs2015 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2015-03-23T12:27:11Z 2015-03-23T12:27:11Z 2015-04-24 2014 Mini Dissertation Moodley, V 2014, Motivation for skilled professionals to accept expatriate assignments, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44124> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44124 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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| title | Motivation for skilled professionals to accept expatriate
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| title_full | Motivation for skilled professionals to accept expatriate
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| title_fullStr | Motivation for skilled professionals to accept expatriate
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| title_full_unstemmed | Motivation for skilled professionals to accept expatriate
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| title_short | Motivation for skilled professionals to accept expatriate
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| title_sort | motivation for skilled professionals to accept expatriate assignments |
| topic | UCTD Expatriate skilled professionals expatriate assignments motivation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44124 |