Journal article

Publication year: 2006

Pages: 298-317

Journal: German Journal of Human Resource Management

Volume number: 20

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0179-6437

eISSN: 1862-0000

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Abstract: 
Research in the field of early internationalizers gained momentum in the early 1990s. Looking back on the last decade of research in international human resource management it becomes obvious that expatriate management in early internationalizers is still a neglected research field. Therefore, in this article we focus on staffing policies of early internationalizers. Our analysis is based on Perlmutter's EPRG concept that considers different types of staffing policies which are adopted successively and therefore follow a certain (incremental) path over time. In accordance with the determinants of early internationalization, namely networks, international experience, and technological intensity, we discuss whether leap-frogging can be expected no only with respect to international market entry modes but also in respect to international staffing policies.

Harvard Citation style: Kabst, R. and Steinbach, S. (2006) International staffing policies in early internationalizers: Beyond the incremental path?, German Journal of Human Resource Management, 20(4), pp. 298-317

APA Citation style: Kabst, R., & Steinbach, S. (2006). International staffing policies in early internationalizers: Beyond the incremental path?. German Journal of Human Resource Management. 20(4), 298-317.