Publisher's Synopsis
Due to the continuous growth of global business, an increasing number of people are taking on roles and responsibilities that reach beyond the domestic work context. Despite the recent advances in our understanding of the shifts in and alternative forms of global work arrangements we still know very little about their relative differences, the extent to which they can complement or substitute each other, the specific role of the contexts in which they occur, how they impact individuals and by extension their families, or how organizations can effectively manage the growing pool of global staffing options. Accordingly, for the purposes of this ebook we define global work arrangements broadly to entail any professional, job-related activities that involve mobility between countries. To that end, this ebook intends to provide a platform to draw together scholarly research that contributes to our knowledge about the context in which global mobility occurs, the drivers and impact of the alternative forms through which global work is experienced, and how the growing fragmentation of global staff can be effectively managed.
