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

Andresen, Maike ORCID: 0000-0001-9073-4849, Lazarova, Mila ORCID: 0000-0001-7865-4790, Apospori, Eleni ORCID: 0000-0002-7297-5056, Cotton, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-2504-802X, Bosak, Janine ORCID: 0000-0001-5701-6538, Dickmann, Michael ORCID: 0000-0003-3775-663X, Kaše, Robert ORCID: 0000-0002-4266-1400 and Smale, Adam ORCID: 0000-0003-2051-9849 (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 Journal, 32 (3). pp. 698-721. ISSN 0954-5395

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Abstract

Drawing 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.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:career success; economic freedom; employability; human capital; international work experience
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Publisher:Wiley
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12423
Copyright Information:© 2021 The Authors
Funders:Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL
ID Code:28147
Deposited On:09 Mar 2023 16:48 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 09 Mar 2023 16:48

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