Managerial characteristics and willingness to send employees on expatriate assignments
George S. Benson, Liliana Pérez-Nordtvedt, Deepak K. Datta
Human Resource Management · 2009 · Volume 48 · Issue 6
Abstract
This paper examines the characteristics of managers that influence their willingness to send employees on expatriate assignments. Data from 336 senior managers in a major U.S. professional services firm indicate that managers who are higher up in the organizational hierarchy are more willing to send employees on expatriate assignments. In addition, our findings show that managers who have more extensive international experience are more inclined to send employees on such assignments and that managers with expatriate experience themselves are much more willing to send their employees overseas, regardless of whether they currently work with international clients. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords
willingness to send expatriates, managerial characteristics
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