Abstract
The management revue is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary European journal publishing both qualitative and quantitative work as well as purely theoretical papers that advance the study of management, organisation and industrial relations.
Highlights
The traditional ways of careers are changing, and the implications for individuals, for whom work is a source of identity, can for example be to develop multiple commitments and networks to maintain employability (Baruch 2004)
The boundaryless career model has increased our understanding of individuals within this setting, yet there is a need for further study of different types of international managers and their career paths (Banai/Harry 2004)
International itinerants have career paths different from expatriates staying with one company throughout their careers or that decide to remain in their host country instead of repatriating as they are self-directed and have left the organizational context (Banai/Harry 2004)
Summary
The traditional ways of careers are changing, and the implications for individuals, for whom work is a source of identity, can for example be to develop multiple commitments and networks to maintain employability (Baruch 2004). Out of 300 Finnish expatriates studied, 42% had been on an assignment abroad before, 91% were interested in new foreign assignments and 59% would even be interested in more permanent expatriation (Riusala/Suutari 2000) One such group, which is largely understudied, can be referred to as international itinerants (Banai/Harry 2004; McKenna/Richardson 2007), expatriating without organizational sponsorship. International itinerants careers can be regarded as corresponding to the meanings implied with the concept of boundaryless careers in terms of being independent from the traditional organizational career arrangements; involving moving across boundaries of single employers, subjective interpretations of career advancement and boundaries between work and personal/family life, sustained through external networks and information with external validation (Arthur/Rousseau 1996)
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