Managerial characteristics and willingness to send employees on expatriate assignments
基于美国一家专业服务公司336名高级管理者的数据，发现组织层级越高、国际经验越丰富的管理者更愿意派遣员工外派，有外派经历的管理者尤其如此。
Abstract This paper examines the characteristics of managers that influence their willingness to send employees on expatriate assignments. Data from 336 senior managers in a major U.S. professional services firm indicate that managers who are higher up in the organizational hierarchy are more willing to send employees on expatriate assignments. In addition, our findings show that managers who have more extensive international experience are more inclined to send employees on such assignments and that managers with expatriate experience themselves are much more willing to send their employees overseas, regardless of whether they currently work with international clients. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.