Protecting expatriates in hostile environments: institutional forces influencing the safety and security practices of internationally active organisations

Fee, A; McGrath-Champ, S; Berti, M

Protecting expatriates in hostile environments: institutional forces influencing the safety and security practices of internationally active organisations

Fee, A

McGrath-Champ, S

Berti, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2019, 30 (11), pp. 1709 - 1736
Issue Date:: 2019-06-17

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dc.contributor.author	Fee, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0598-0776	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McGrath-Champ, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2209-5683	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Berti, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0519-8824	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:05:01Z
dc.date.issued	2019-06-17	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2019, 30 (11), pp. 1709 - 1736	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0958-5192	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/100644
dc.description.abstract	© 2017, © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The operations of internationally active organisations continue to encroach on hostile locations that are vulnerable to the negative consequences of crises such as political upheaval, terrorist attacks or natural disasters. Yet research into how firms ensure the physical and psychological safety and security of international staff in these locations is limited. This article reports an empirical study exploring the expatriate safety and security practices of 28 internationally active organisations from three industries that commonly operate in hostile environments. We unveil starkly different approaches across the three industries, and label these approaches ‘regulatory’ (mining and resources), ‘informal mentoring’ (news media) and ‘empowering’ (international aid and development). We use institutional theory to propose that these configurations reflect legitimacy-seeking choices that these organisations make in response to the various institutional environments that affect each sector. Our results provide a platform for initial theory building into the interrelated elements of organisations’ safety and security practices, and the institutional factors that shape the design of these.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Human Resource Management	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/09585192.2017.1322121	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.title	Protecting expatriates in hostile environments: institutional forces influencing the safety and security practices of internationally active organisations	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	11	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	30	en_US
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utslib.for	1505 Marketing	en_US
utslib.for	1605 Policy and Administration	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	11	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	30	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017, © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The operations of internationally active organisations continue to encroach on hostile locations that are vulnerable to the negative consequences of crises such as political upheaval, terrorist attacks or natural disasters. Yet research into how firms ensure the physical and psychological safety and security of international staff in these locations is limited. This article reports an empirical study exploring the expatriate safety and security practices of 28 internationally active organisations from three industries that commonly operate in hostile environments. We unveil starkly different approaches across the three industries, and label these approaches ‘regulatory’ (mining and resources), ‘informal mentoring’ (news media) and ‘empowering’ (international aid and development). We use institutional theory to propose that these configurations reflect legitimacy-seeking choices that these organisations make in response to the various institutional environments that affect each sector. Our results provide a platform for initial theory building into the interrelated elements of organisations’ safety and security practices, and the institutional factors that shape the design of these.

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