A conceptual model of individuals' decision to engage in global mobility: integrating self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior
Abstract
Purpose
Companies target globally mobile workers and face the war for talent, while individuals are more reluctant to engage in global mobility. This scenario led us to propose a model to understand the individuals' decision process to engage in global mobility.
Design/methodology/approach
Building on the self-determination theory, the theory of planned behavior and the literature on decisions for global mobility, the authors propose mechanisms through which psychological variables and assignments' factual and perceived contextual aspects (directly or indirectly) explain the decision to engage or not in global mobility.
Findings
This study offers a conceptual model with the authors' novel propositions to explain individuals' decision to engage in global mobility.
Originality/value
The model provides a more comprehensive explanation of the individuals' decision-making process to engage in global mobility than previous models and potentially yields more effective organizational practices to attract both well-established and emerging phenomena of globally mobile workers.
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Acknowledgements
This study was financed in part by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) – Brazil.
Since submission of this article, the following author(s) have updated their affiliation(s): Denise R. Quatrin is at the Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP-FGV), São Paulo, Brazil.
Citation
Quatrin, D.R., Aguzzoli, R. and Lengler, J. (2024), "A conceptual model of individuals' decision to engage in global mobility: integrating self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior", Journal of Global Mobility, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-10-2023-0074
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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