Expatriates recruitment and selection for long-term international assignments in portuguese companies

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Autor(a) principal: Martins, Dora
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Diaconescu, Laura-Maria
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/23302
Resumo: Long-term international assignments’ increase requires more attention being paid for the preparation of these foreign assignments, especially on the recruitment and selection process of expatriates. This article explores how the recruitment and selection process of expatriates is developed in Portuguese companies, examining the main criteria on recruitment and selection of expatriates’ decision to send international assignments. The paper is based on qualitative case studies of companies located in Portugal. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews of 42 expatriates and 18 organisational representatives as well from nine Portuguese companies. The findings show that the most important criteria are: (1) trust from managers, (2) years in service, (3) previous technical and language competences, (4) organisational knowledge and, (5) availability. Based on the findings, the article discusses in detail the main theoretical and managerial implications. Suggestions for further research are also presented.
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title Expatriates recruitment and selection for long-term international assignments in portuguese companies
spellingShingle Expatriates recruitment and selection for long-term international assignments in portuguese companies
Martins, Dora
Recruitment
International assignments
Portugal
Selection
Expatriates
title_short Expatriates recruitment and selection for long-term international assignments in portuguese companies
title_full Expatriates recruitment and selection for long-term international assignments in portuguese companies
title_fullStr Expatriates recruitment and selection for long-term international assignments in portuguese companies
title_full_unstemmed Expatriates recruitment and selection for long-term international assignments in portuguese companies
title_sort Expatriates recruitment and selection for long-term international assignments in portuguese companies
author Martins, Dora
author_facet Martins, Dora
Diaconescu, Laura-Maria
author_role author
author2 Diaconescu, Laura-Maria
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Martins, Dora
Diaconescu, Laura-Maria
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Recruitment
International assignments
Portugal
Selection
Expatriates
topic Recruitment
International assignments
Portugal
Selection
Expatriates
description Long-term international assignments’ increase requires more attention being paid for the preparation of these foreign assignments, especially on the recruitment and selection process of expatriates. This article explores how the recruitment and selection process of expatriates is developed in Portuguese companies, examining the main criteria on recruitment and selection of expatriates’ decision to send international assignments. The paper is based on qualitative case studies of companies located in Portugal. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews of 42 expatriates and 18 organisational representatives as well from nine Portuguese companies. The findings show that the most important criteria are: (1) trust from managers, (2) years in service, (3) previous technical and language competences, (4) organisational knowledge and, (5) availability. Based on the findings, the article discusses in detail the main theoretical and managerial implications. Suggestions for further research are also presented.
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