IMPACTOS DA AUTO-EXPATRIAÇÃO SOB A PERSPECTIVA DE MÉDICOS BRASILEIROS ESTAGIÁRIOS NOS CENTRES HOSPITALIERS UNIVERSITAIRES (CHU) NA FRANÇA

Abstract

Self-expatriation is effectively a resource through which the individual can boost his career and acquire professional and sociocultural skills with individual and family enrichment. It is a subject that has been dealt with in more remote times and continues to be actively discussed in contemporary times. The impacts of self-expatriation would theoretically be more critical than those of an organizational expatriation. Thus, the objective of this work is to evaluate the impacts of self- expatriation from the perspective of Brazilian intern doctors at University Hospital Centers (CHU) in France. This research has as theoretical support the works of Black, Mendenhall and Oddou (1991) who studied cultural adjustment in an expatriation, the researches of Froese and Peltokorpi (2012) that analyzed the process of self-expatriation and the publications of Inkson et al. (1997) that drew a parallel between organizational expatriate and self-expatriate modalities. This is an exploratory-descriptive research with quantitative approach method. The results of this study indicated as positive impacts of self-expatriation professional improvement, cultural enrichment and learning of a new language. The negative outcomes were modest and did not motivate discontent with self-expatriation.