These conceptualizations overly rely on individual- and organizational-level factors at the expense of critical macrolevel factors. Focusing primarily on expatriates who, in fact, represent an extreme case of international transitions has resulted in conceptualizations of international adjustment that are partial and incomplete. Empirical path dependence has caused significant conceptual blindness. ![]() Yet the field’s historic emphasis on expatriates has resulted in dominant assumptions and perspectives that are not relevant for other groups moving across borders. ![]() With more than 50 years of scholarship on global mobility, international business (IB) scholars should be well positioned to address this challenge. The overwhelming number of refugees in the world today constitutes a major socioeconomic and political challenge.
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