How mobile is the transnational business elite? Evidence from Swiss banking executives

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ID4263103
AutoresPedro Araújo (0000-0003-4474-8419, Department of Management University of Fribourg Fribourg Switzerland, autor correspondente), Eric Davoine (0000-0001-9450-6464, Department of Management University of Fribourg Fribourg Switzerland)
Ano2024
Volume24
Fascículo2
Data de publicação2024-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/glob.12461
OpenAlexW4388002324
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas65

Over the last two decades, a growing literature has examined the emergence of a transnational business elite. However, the pathways of transnational mobility have not been fully characterized. In this article, we use a combination of sequence analysis and the concept of a career script to investigate the geographical mapping and organizational contexts in which transnational mobility occurs. To achieve this, we rely on a database of 186 executives from the 28 largest Swiss banks, as well as 20 interviews with chief human resource officers and 15 interviews with banking executives. Our findings contribute to relativize and differentiate the phenomenon of transnationalization of business elites by underlining the importance of the career context and by identifying distinct interpretations of international career resources according to different types of banks

Business · Economic geography · Economics · Elite · Geography · Human resource management · Human resources · International business · Management · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics