Abstract

This article argues that the view of international mobility in the management and organization literature has been too restrictive in focusing only on high-status workers. This view needs to be widened to an all-encompassing perspective that is not limited or restricted in terms of the number, types or status of people engaged in working internationally. In particular, it argues that there are millions of low-status international workers that, with some few exceptions, we have largely ignored. Not only does it mean that scholars are failing to explore the complete picture, it adds to the research-practice gap between those scholars and the practitioners who have to manage workers of all status levels. The article points out the areas where our knowledge is lacking and suggests a “road-map” for future research to overcome these critical gaps.

摘要

本文认为，在管理和组织文献中，国际流动性的观点过于局限，仅集中于高地位的工人。这种观点需要扩大到无所不包的视角，无论在国际上从事工作的人数，类型或地位方面都不受限制。它特别指出，有数百万低地位的国际工人，除少数例外，我们在很大程度上忽略了这一点。这不仅意味着学者们没有探索完整的图景，而且还增加了那些学者和必须管理各种地位的工人的从业者之间的研究实践差距。这篇文章指出了我们缺乏知识的领域，并为克服这些关键差距提出了未来研究的“路线图”。