Palgrave Handbook of Global Migration in International Business

This handbook focuses on the dynamic nature of global migration and its implications for international business. Migration shapes the societal and organizational contexts of international business; yet studies on migration have only recently become more prominent. For example, the existence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) depends to no small extent on the mobility of people; MNEs source, develop, deploy, and utilize global talent. This talent pool includes, but is not limited to, skilled expatriates or corporate migrants, as well as culturally and ethnically diverse workforces comprised of first- and second-generation migrants, highly skilled refugees that help organizations enhance their legitimacy in host countries, and returnee immigrants encouraged by changing home country conditions. Additionally, global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit have introduced new and far-reaching challenges for international firms in managing their international workforces and international mobility. Meanwhile, at the individual level, these issues are compounded for migrants having to cope with multiple work and non-work demands.Chapters in this handbook offer both firm and migrant perspectives, covering topics such as diaspora networks in international alliances, migrant careers, and migrant re-entry issues, among others. Arranged in five sections, this handbook covers the whole spectrum of issues, thus furthering our understanding of this increasingly important topic.  

Audra I. Mockaitis is Professor (Chair) of International Business at Maynooth University School of Business, Ireland. She has held tenured positions in Australia (Monash) and New Zealand (Victoria University of Wellington). Her research interests generally center on cross-cultural management, cultural values, migration, and identity. Her work has been published in journals such as Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of World Business, Journal of Business Ethics, Management International Review, International Business Review, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, and others, and has received multiple best paper and best reviewer awards. This is Mockaitis’ second book on migration.