Identifying Current Research Directions in the Field of Expatriate Management in Cross-National Firms: A Bibliometric Review from 1997 to 2023
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https://doi.org/10.32479/irmm.18325Keywords:
Expatriate Management, Cross-National Firms, Bibliometric ApproachAbstract
This study aims to analyze earlier studies published from 1997 to 2023 and provide a structured overview of the themes examined as well as support scholars in navigating the topic and determining future research paths in the subject of expatriate management. This study collected 1598 journal publications on the topic of expatriates that were released between 1997 and 2023. Bibliometric analysis is applied to analyze the data. Science mapping combines analysis, classification, and visualization to demonstrate the dynamism of an area of research as well as the structures and interactions between bibliographic materials are presented accordingly. The current study figures out that there are four mainstream current research in the field of expatriate management in cross-national firms. The structure includes: ‘strategic management of the multinational company’, ‘expatriate career success’, ‘managing expatriates’, and ‘expatriates and adapting to the local environment’. Additionally, ‘cross-cultural adjustment’, ‘expatriate satisfaction’, ‘expatriate’s job performance’, and ‘expatriate career success’ are central in the respective clusters. Other topics that have received recent attention, and have some prominence in the analysis, indicate there is a shift in the literature. This study result provides several clear research maps and an organized overview of the subject and highlights both active study areas and understudied regions. Thus, future studies can be beneficial when using the research findings of this study to develop their future studies.Downloads
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2025-06-23
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Dao, T. C., Ta, H. H., Bui, T. M., & Tran, Y. H. T. (2025). Identifying Current Research Directions in the Field of Expatriate Management in Cross-National Firms: A Bibliometric Review from 1997 to 2023. International Review of Management and Marketing, 15(4), 371–379. https://doi.org/10.32479/irmm.18325
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