Gender, family ties, and international mobility: cultural distance matters
Dupuis, Marie-Josée ; Haines III, Victor Y. ; Saba, Tania
International Journal of Human Resource Management
2008
19
2
February
274-295
gender ; international relations ; posted worker ; employee relocation
Personnel management
English
Bibliogr.
"This study empirically tests a model of associations between family-domain variables and willingness to accept an international assignment, and applies the general model to sub-samples of men and women to examine gender differences in the pattern of relationships. We further explore these patterns in culturally similar and culturally distant country destinations. Analyses conducted with a sample of 148 men and 79 women employed MBA graduates from dual-earner couples revealed that perceived spouse willingness to relocate, beliefs regarding spouse and couple mobility, relative income, and the presence of children are associated with willingness to accept an international assignment. Moreover, consistent with social role theory, significant gender differences in willingness were found across low and high cultural distance country destinations."
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