Abstract

As scholars uncovered the crucial role of the family in the relocation of organization-assigned expatriates, the investigation of the expatriate’s family became of interest to management researchers and practitioners alike. While recently the number of studies evaluating the family interface of international assignments has risen significantly, the topic remains at an emerging stage. In order to support the future development of trustworthy and credible empirical research, this article examines the research methodology and the associated issues of the extant literature. To investigate the family expatriation topic, we included articles by pre-defined criteria with a management focus from the international business, (international) human resource, as well as management and psychology disciplines. By critically assessing how research has been conducted in family expatriation studies, we provide a foundation from which future studies can infer the appropriate choice and application of research methods. In order to achieve this objective, we discuss the research methodology of 69 published articles, identify methodological issues, and offer recommendations.

摘要

随着学者们发现家庭在组织分配的外派人员搬迁中的关键作用，对外派人员家庭的调查成为管理研究人员和从业人员的兴趣所在。虽然最近评估国际任务的家庭界面的研究数量显着增加，但该主题仍处于新兴阶段。为了支持可信和可信的实证研究的未来发展，本文对现有文献的研究方法和相关问题进行了检验。为了调查家庭外派主题，我们按照预先定义的标准收录了来自国际商务、（国际）人力资源以及管理和心理学学科的管理重点文章。通过批判性评估如何在家庭外籍研究中进行了研究，我们提供了一个基础，从中可以从中于哪些研究可以推断适当的选择和应用研究方法。为了实现这一目标，我们讨论了 69 篇已发表文章的研究方法，确定方法论问题并提出建议。