An Emerging Conceptual Framework to Assess Expatriates’ Return on Investment

Authors

  • Franca Cantoni
  • Ilaria Galavotti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4468/2021.2.07cantoni.galavotti

Keywords:

Expatriate ROI, Psychological Contract, Personal Resources, Competencies, Transversal Dimensions, Expatriate Invested Capital, Performance Management, Retention, International Assignment, COVID-19, Global Markets

Abstract

This paper develops a conceptual framework on expatriates’ Return on Investment (eROI) that disentangles the drivers of value creation from expatriation projects and identifies the psychological contract as crucial to overcome the traditional tension between organizational and individual objectives. Mainly designed for traditional medium- and long-term expatriation projects, our framework can also be extended to nascent types of assignments in times of COVID-19 pandemic, e.g. virtual assignments.

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Published

13-11-2021

How to Cite

Cantoni, F., & Galavotti, I. (2021). An Emerging Conceptual Framework to Assess Expatriates’ Return on Investment. Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management, (2), 68–84. https://doi.org/10.4468/2021.2.07cantoni.galavotti