Too much of a good thing: Does international experience variety accelerate or delay executives' career advancement?
Journal
Journal of world business : JWB
ISSN
1090-9516
ISSN-Digital
1878-5573
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2016-04
Author(s)
Abstract
This study integrates the contradictory predictions of human-capital and social-network perspectives about the relationship between executives' international experience and speed of career advancement. We postulate that these perspectives are rather complementary, and that the relationship between international experience and time to the top follows a U-shaped form. Initially, the acquisition of international experience speeds-up executives' career progress until a threshold where the social-network costs of cross-country mobility outweigh the human-capital benefits. Our results support the U-shaped relationship. They also show that this relationship is influenced by factors at different layers of context-suggesting that contextual aspects play an important, contingent role.
Language
English
Keywords
International Experience
Executive careers
CEOs
Upper Echelons
Internationalization
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
JAI Press
Publisher place
Greenwich, Conn. [u.a.]
Volume
51
Number
3
Start page
425
End page
437
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
247131
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Name
Georgakakis Dauth Ruigrok 2016 JWB Manuscript.pdf
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