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Exploring the factors influencing the self-initiated expatriates’ motivation for work

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  • Rita, Asma Siddiqua

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Personnel motivation is a collection of incentives that influence an employee's work activity. In fact, this is a collection of activities taken by the management with the goal of increasing the working capacity of employees, as well as strategies for attracting and retaining competent and skilled experts. Self-initiated expatriates are included in this category of potential staff. This article discusses the factors that influence self-initiated expatriates’ motivation for work. The discussion is based on materials and fieldwork experiences collected in Estonia during my master's thesis. In-depth interviews were used to collect data. Narrative analysis methods were used to build the analytical framework. The fieldwork experience demonstrated how important it is to consider both financial and non-financial factors while working in foreign companies.

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  • Rita, Asma Siddiqua, 2021. "Exploring the factors influencing the self-initiated expatriates’ motivation for work," MPRA Paper 110881, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Personnel Motivation; Self-initiated Expatriate; Estonia; Narrative Analysis; Bangladesh;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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