Open AccessThe Impact of Cultural Similarity and Social Network Characteristics on Re-Expatriation Intention Among Self-Initiated Academic Expatriates
Author(s) -
Gheath Mahmoud Abdel-Rahman,
Anusuiya Subramaniam,
l Sri Ramalu,
A Chandrakantan,
Loganathan Subramaniam
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of business and social research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2164-2559
pISSN - 2164-2540
DOI - 10.18533/ijbsr.v7i9.1062
Subject(s) - expatriate , closeness , similarity (geometry) , social psychology , psychology , social network (sociolinguistics) , sociology , demographic economics , political science , computer science , economics , social media , mathematics , mathematical analysis , artificial intelligence , law , image (mathematics)
This conceptual paper sheds light on re-expatriation intention among self-initiated academic expatriates who have completed their international assignments, and returned their home country and then intended to re-expatriate to have another experience in the host country by their own initiatives. Cultural similarity and social network characteristics which involve size, closeness and frequency appeared to have a significant impact on the expatriates' decisions to move abroad for the first time. Therefore, these variables are predicted in the study to be associated with their intentions to re-expatriate. Push-pull theory is utilized in this paper to better understanding the impact of cultural similarity and social network characteristics on re-expatriation intention among academic SIEs. Thus, this study contributes to fill the gap in literature by addressing the influence of cultural similarity and social network characteristics on re-expatriation intention.