The 15 individual projects generated numerous novel findings. A summary can be found in the article for the Project Repository Journal (Issue 13, 2022, pp. 48-51) where Maike Andresen, the project coordinator for most of the funding period, and ESRs Anh Nguyen and Ha Luong summarized some of the main findings of the GLOMO project.
At the micro level of individual expatriates, ESRs have generated novel in-depth insights into the careers of expatriates:
- The positive effect social capital has on the objective career success and well being
- The effect career capital and social capital has on the employability
- The Effect of factors such as national migration policies, organizational support and the previous experience have on the transfer of career capital between countries
At the meso level, novel insights were generated about global mobility management in companies:
- The difficulties self-initiated expatriates face compared to assigned expatriates due to lower support from their employers
- The effect of the increasing adaption of English as the official or unofficial language at company level has on expatriates learning their host countries’ language
At the macro level, the research of GLOMO ESRs demonstrates the important role of institutions and conditions in the countries of origin and residence, including:
- Perceptions of a hostile personal environment in the countries of residence
- Difficulties for the spouses of expatriates, especially women
- The effect of home-country characteristics such as the existence and legitimacy of comparable political institutions on outcomes like political participation and the intention to return home.
Dissemination and exploitation
The ESRs conducted empirical research employing qualitative and quantitative methods and disseminated novel findings to academic audiences, practitioners and – in a variety of formats (from social media to open-door events) – to the interested public.
The academic dissemination included the publication of 11 papers in internationally recognised peer-reviewed academic journals and the submission of 15 further papers to such journals. Fourteen further papers were completed to be submitted in due course.
Many further research findings and more general conclusions were published in the GLOMO monograph (Wanderlust to wonderland), which includes contributions of 12 ESRs. Not least, GLOMO ESRs presented their insights and findings at more than 60 academic conferences and networking events disseminating research and preparing the ground for further academic publications.
The dissemination of results to practitioners happened through multiple channels. The network had important industrial partners with a strong track record in global mobility (e.g. Airbus, Siemens, atrain, Philips). The ESRs’ non-academic secondments at such partners, the close involvement of practitioners from these partners and elsewhere, the GLOMO newsletter, the preparation of the audit “International Employer,” the GLOMO LinkedIn account, and three descriptions of project results in the European Media Dissemination Agency’s Project Repository Journal (issue 13, 2022, pp. 48-51 and issue 14, 2022, pp. 48-51 and 76-79) helped to reach out to practitioners. ESRs also sought to communicate results to an interested wider audience through active Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels as well as open-door events and visits to schools.
