A Preliminary Research on Self-Initiated Expatriation as Compared to Assigned Expatriation UNE RECHERCHE PRÉLIMINAIRE SUR L'EXPATRIATION AUTO-INITIÉE PAR RAPPORT À L'EXPATRIATION AFFECTÉE

Abstract

The ever changing complexity of global staffing calls for a fundamental reassessment of international assignment, among which self-initiated expatriation is one of the burgeoning patterns. This paper discusses the basic characteristics of self-initiated expatriates compared with those who known as assigned expatriates, and finds out that the new born group of expatriates not only differ with those assigned expatriates in the visible, or called the “outside” part, as the technical skill set, career boundary, career stages, financial support, and time boundary, etc; but more important, the inherent, or called the “inner” part, as for motivation, information focus and value concern, and so on. Moreover, it reveals the so far neglected cross-cultural adjustment abilities of SIE and gives advice for human resource management practice. Keywords: Expatriation; Self-initiated expatriates; Assigned expatriates Resume: La complexite du personnel global est en constante evolution et elle exige une reevaluation fondamentale de l’affectation internationale, dont l'expatriation auto-initiee est l'un des modeles en plein essor. Cet article examine les caracteristiques de base des expatries auto-inities par rapport a ceux qui sont connus sous le nom des expatries affectes, et decouvre que le nouveau groupe des expatries different avec des expatries affectes non seulement dans le visible, ou la partie exterieure autrement dit, comme competences techniques definies, contraintes de carriere, etapes de carriere, soutien financier et limite de temps, etc, mais ce qui est plus important, c’est l’inherent, ou sous l'appellation la partie «interne», comme motivation, information ciblee, conception des valeurs, et ainsi de suite. En outre, il revele les capacites de l'adaptation interculturelle des expartries auto-inities, ce qui est pour lontemps neglige et donne des conseils pour la pratique de gestion des ressources humaines.Mots-cles: Expatriation; expatries auto-inities; expatries affectes

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