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The Impact of Career Capital on Expatriates' Perceived Marketability
Author(s) -
Mäkelä Liisa,
Suutari Vesa,
Brewster Chris,
Dickmann Michael,
Tornikoski Christelle
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.21742
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , capital (architecture) , business , career development , marketing , psychology , social psychology , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science
We examine how the development of three types of career capital (knowing how, knowing whom, and knowing why) during an international assignment affects the perceived marketability of organizational expatriates. Using the perceived marketability perspective and long‐term follow‐up data, we show that knowing how is seen as the most transferable type of career capital, while the development of other aspects of career capital has little impact on perceived marketability. We also show that career capital development is more recognized in the external market than by current employers. Our findings expand our understanding of long‐term career marketability among people who have completed international assignments. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.