Expatriation: a developing research agenda

This introductory article briefly reviews the current state of research into expatriation, focussing on the critical issues of strategy, selection and predeparture, compensation, performance management, repatriation, and career management. The burgeoning research in the field is set into context and a plea made for a more varied and imag-inative research agenda. The articles in the rest of this special issue are located in thi