The international assignments of peacekeepers: What drives them to seek future expatriation?

Abstract

From a social learning perspective, factors predicting seeking future international assignments and that are more or less under control of the human resource management department through training were examined. We tested our hypotheses on data from 745 Dutch peacekeepers. It appears that preparation, adventurism, and cultural empathy are important factors in willingness to expatriate again. Peacekeepers scoring high on self-effi cacy are more willing to accept future international assignments than peacekeepers scoring low on self-effi cacy. Further, the relationship between adventurism and seeking future international assignments is stronger for peacekeepers scoring high on self-effi cacy than for peacekeepers scoring low on self-effi cacy.

Career Mobility in a Global Era: Advances in Managing Expatriation and Repatriation

“…These include not-for-profit organizations (Mäkelä, Suutari, Brewster, Dickmann, & Tornikoski, 2015), the military (Fisher, Hutchings & Pinto, 2015), NGOs such as United Nations agencies and other aid organizations, peacekeeping missions (Van Emmerik & Euwema, 2009) and the diplomatic service (Hart, 2015) as well as missionaries.…”

Career Mobility in a Global Era: Advances in Managing Expatriation and Repatriation

“…These include not-for-profit organizations (Mäkelä, Suutari, Brewster, Dickmann, & Tornikoski, 2015), the military (Fisher, Hutchings & Pinto, 2015), NGOs such as United Nations agencies and other aid organizations, peacekeeping missions (Van Emmerik & Euwema, 2009) and the diplomatic service (Hart, 2015) as well as missionaries.…”

Bariş Gücü Operasyonlarinda Kullanilan Kültürlerarasi Bütünleşti̇rme Yöntemleri̇ni̇n Kültürel Boyutlar Bağlaminda İncelenmesi̇: Unifil Örneği̇

“…BGO'lara katılanların karşılaştığı belli başlı zorluklar; çalışma sürelerinin genellikle altı ay veya daha az olması, ailelerden uzakta bulunulması, çalışma ortamında karşıt kuvvet tehdidinin sürekli bulunması olarak belirtilmektedir (Van Emmerick ve Euwema, 2009). Ayrıca muharebe vazifesi almaya yönelik eğitilen askerlerin barışı koruma gibi farklı bir konseptte görev yapması da problemlerin doğmasına neden olmaktadır.…”