No Place Like Home? An Identity Strain Perspective on Repatriate Turnover
基于身份理论，研究归国员工因国际员工身份与国内工作不匹配产生的身份张力，进而导致离职，对管理外派归国人员有参考价值。
We draw on identity theory to explain why employees returning from international assignments may leave their organizations. We tested our predictions over a 12-month period with a sample of 112 repatriated employees from a broad cross-section of firms. Prior job embeddedness during expatriation positively relates to the strength of an individual's identity as an international employee in repatriation. This creates identity strain when a repatriate perceives job deprivation relative to noninternational peers. Identity strain, in turn, promotes turnover. We discuss how this perspective contributes to theory on international role transitions, job embeddedness, and turnover mechanisms in general.