A potential paradigm shift in global mobility? The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
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2023Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
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Artículo / Artikulua
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Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa
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10.1016/j.ibusrev.2023.102245
Resumen
The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected the global mobility (GM) policies of multinational enterprises
(MNEs). Through interviews with policy decision-makers in 32 companies, we applied Interpretative Phenomenological
Analysis to examine how the pandemic accelerated changes in MNE policies and the management of
GM. Our framework builds on contingency theory, traditionally concerned with alig ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected the global mobility (GM) policies of multinational enterprises
(MNEs). Through interviews with policy decision-makers in 32 companies, we applied Interpretative Phenomenological
Analysis to examine how the pandemic accelerated changes in MNE policies and the management of
GM. Our framework builds on contingency theory, traditionally concerned with aligning organizational policies
with macro- and meso-level contextual factors. We extend this by integrating micro-level individual variables,
such as career aspirations and well-being, as contingent factors influencing GM practices. There is variation in
GM responses in relation to the volume of GM activities, GM-related policies, investments in digitalization and
technology, and variations in mobility types. We observed a potential paradigm shift that affords employees
greater agency in their global mobility paths, thereby greater granularity to contingency theory. This nuanced
approach opens new research avenues and equips organizational leaders with a comprehensive set of variables
for GM decision-making. Our findings indicate lasting global mobility changes but foresee gradual implementation
due to associated risks. [--]
Materias
Global mobility,
Pandemic,
Virtual working,
IHRM policies,
Contingency theory
Editor
Elsevier
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International Business Review 2023, 102245
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Gestión de Empresas /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Enpresen Kudeaketa Saila /
Universidad Pública de Navarra/Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE
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This work was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [Grant number PID2020-115018RB-C31]. This work was supported by the Liikesivistysrahasto (Foundation for Economic Education). [Grant number 22-12559].