Self-Initiated Expatriation

Maike Andresen is Professor for Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior and holds a chair of Human Resource Management at University of Bamberg/D. Maike has published articles in key academic journals and in edited volumes and authored five books in her fields of research, including expatriation, global career management, management development, work flexibilization, and diversity management.Akram Al Ariss is professor of HRM at Toulouse Business School. He has published in British Journal of Management and Thunderbird International Business Review, among others. He visited LSE in 2012 and is member of the board of Journal of World Business, British Journal of Management, and Equality, Diversity, Inclusion.Matthias Walther is research assistant at the Chair of Human Resource Management at the University of Bamberg and PhD-student at the University of Bamberg and the IAE Lyon. Matthias holds a Double Master's Degree in International Management and a Bachelor's Degree in Finance.Karen Wolff is former assistant at the Chair of Human Resource Management at the University of Bamberg. She holds a Master's Degree in Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.