Following a stint as an expatriate in South Korea, I developed a strong interest in global mobility and the internationalization of the workforce. I moved on to complete a doctorate in Management at the University of Goettingen, Germany, developing my research on boundary spanning employees and organizations.

As I experienced in Korea, globally mobile employees and leaders often face difficulties adapting to host countries and organizations. These problems can be influenced by individual, organizational, cultural, and institutional factors. Crucially, countries must attract and retain internationally sourced employees to deal with e.g., an ageing population and national skill gaps in critical sectors. My research responds to these and other related problems.

Much of my work takes a micro-macro approach, starting with the individual and how they adapt and perform in overseas working environments. Contextualizing this my research investigates the organizational, institutional, and country level dependencies that influence individuals’ processes. Because of this approach, my works lies at the interfaces of OB, IB, and (I)HRM. I have launched several research projects, including  a large, multi-wave survey of approx. 1900 expatriates across 30 host countries, to better understand multi-level boundary influences of formal and informal institutional environments on the success of global talent.

My research has been published in internationally recognized journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Human Resource Management, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, and Human Resource Management Review.