Bures, 2009). Those family members that have an influence on the individual are those family members that stay in the home country such as their elderly parents that need to be taken of, and those family members that go with the self-initiated expatriate to the host country. When the self-initiated expatriate is accompanied by some family members to the host country, they feel more in power and in control and the pressure to return to their home country become less. On the other hand those family members still living in the home country can exert pressure on the self-initiated expatriate to return home and repatriate (Jones, 2003).
Contextual factors
Some events such as poor economic conditions and minimal career opportunities in a person’s …show more content…
These needs increase and promote happiness and enjoyment in actions and activities. This in turn gives of feeling of control and power in an individual’s behaviors (Deci & Ryan, 2000). People feel that they have autonomous motivation when they have the freedom to choose and pursue what they want in terms of activities, and when they master their chosen activity and there is a feeling of being connected and supported by their surroundings and other people they view as important to them (Gagné, 2003). When self-initiated expatriates feel they are free to go after their personal goals when it comes to work experiences and global mobility, they feel a higher sense of freedom on a psychological level. This psychological freedom motivates self-initiated expatriates to act autonomously and be in powered to act according to their wishes. (Luyckx et al., 2009). Self-initiated expatriates experience a higher level of intrinsic motivation to be proactive in their decision for gaining global work experience when they feel they are competent to do so (Luyckx et al., 2009). On the other hand if people feel they are not competent they display a higher degree of indecisiveness when it comes to their career path and the choices they want to make Relatedness give people the sense of security on a psychological level, this sense of security makes people feel motivated to act fearlessly to explore the decisions they made and to pursue their personal goals in gaining global work experiences (Guay et al,.
Contextual factors
Some events such as poor economic conditions and minimal career opportunities in a person’s …show more content…
These needs increase and promote happiness and enjoyment in actions and activities. This in turn gives of feeling of control and power in an individual’s behaviors (Deci & Ryan, 2000). People feel that they have autonomous motivation when they have the freedom to choose and pursue what they want in terms of activities, and when they master their chosen activity and there is a feeling of being connected and supported by their surroundings and other people they view as important to them (Gagné, 2003). When self-initiated expatriates feel they are free to go after their personal goals when it comes to work experiences and global mobility, they feel a higher sense of freedom on a psychological level. This psychological freedom motivates self-initiated expatriates to act autonomously and be in powered to act according to their wishes. (Luyckx et al., 2009). Self-initiated expatriates experience a higher level of intrinsic motivation to be proactive in their decision for gaining global work experience when they feel they are competent to do so (Luyckx et al., 2009). On the other hand if people feel they are not competent they display a higher degree of indecisiveness when it comes to their career path and the choices they want to make Relatedness give people the sense of security on a psychological level, this sense of security makes people feel motivated to act fearlessly to explore the decisions they made and to pursue their personal goals in gaining global work experiences (Guay et al,.