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Vesa Suutari publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vesa Suutari sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 87 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Vesa Suutari D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vesa Suutari sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Vesa Suutari is affiliated with the University of Vaasa in Finland and has contributed extensively to research within the social sciences and business management fields. Their work spans multiple subfields including communication, education, organizational behavior and human resource management, sociology and political science, and gender studies.

The primary topics addressed in Suutari's research are:

  • International Student and Expatriate Challenges
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Socioeconomic Development in MENA
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Global Education and Multiculturalism

Among Suutari's recent papers are:

  • "Taking stock of expatriates' career success after international assignments: A review and future research agenda" (2022), published in Human Resource Management Review
  • "Two decades of research into SIEs and what do we know? A systematic review of the most influential literature and a proposed research agenda" (2021), published in Journal of Global Mobility The Home of Expatriate Management Research
  • "Development of career capital during expatriation: partners' perspectives" (2021), published in Career Development International
  • "Career success of expatriates: the impacts of career capital, expatriate type, career type and career stage" (2023), published in Career Development International
  • "Job exhaustion among assigned and self-initiated expatriates - the role of effort and reward" (2022), published in Journal of Global Mobility The Home of Expatriate Management Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Suutari include:

  • Michael Dickmann
  • Maike Andresen
  • Rodrigo Mello
  • Liisa Mäkelä
  • Sara Louise Muhr

Suutari has published in several prominent venues such as:

  • Journal of Global Mobility The Home of Expatriate Management Research
  • Career Development International
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Human Resource Management Review
  • The International Journal of Human Resource Management

In addition to journal articles, Suutari has contributed to book publications, including a work titled Wanderlust to wonderland?: Exploring key issues in expatriate careers: Individual, organizational, and societal insights published by Personalmanagement und Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Making their own way: international experience through self-initiated foreign assignments

    Vesa Suutari;Chris Brewster

  • Career capital during international work experiences: contrasting self-initiated expatriate experiences and assigned expatriation

    Tiina Jokinen;Chris Brewster;Vesa Suutari

  • Repatriation: empirical evidence from a longitudinal study of careers and expectations among Finnish expatriates

    Vesa Suutari;Chris Brewster

  • Expatriation: A developing research agenda

    Jaime Bonache;Chris Brewster;Vesa Suutari

  • Global managers: career orientation, career tracks, life‐style implications and career commitment

    Vesa Suutari

  • The career capital of managers with global careers

    Vesa Suutari;Kristiina Mäkelä

  • Career anchors of managers with global careers

    Vesa Suutari;Milla Taka

  • International knowledge transfers through expatriates

    Kimmo Riusala;Vesa Suutari

  • Global leader development: an emerging research agenda

    Vesa Suutari

  • Expatriation and Careers: Perspectives of Expatriates and Spouses.

    Kimmo Riusala;Vesa Suutari

  • Careers of skilled migrants: towards a theoretical and methodological expansion

    Akram Al Ariss;Iris Koall;Mustafa Özbilgin;Vesa Suutari

  • Global HRM: aspects of a research agenda

    Chris Brewster;Vesa Suutari

  • The Effect of International Work Experience on the Career Success of Expatriates: A Comparison of Assigned and Self-Initiated Expatriates

    Vesa Suutari;Chris Brewster;Chris Brewster;Liisa Mäkelä;Michael Dickmann

  • Global careers: a social capital paradox

    Kristiina Mäkelä;Vesa Suutari

  • The career competencies of self-initiated and assigned expatriates: assessing the development of career capital over time

    Michael Dickmann;Vesa Suutari;Chris Brewster;Liisa Mäkelä

  • Expatriate management practices and perceived relevance

    Vesa Suutari;Chris Brewster

  • The role of on‐site training and support in expatriation: existing and necessary host‐company practices

    Vesa Suutari;David Burch

  • Changes in institutional context and MNC operations in China: Subsidiary HRM practices in 1996 versus 2006

    Ingmar Björkman;Adam Smale;Jennie Sumelius;Vesa Suutari

  • Exploring expatriate outcomes

    Chris Brewster;Jaime Bonache;Jean-Luc Cerdin;Vesa Suutari

  • Expatriation: Traditional criticisms and international careers: Introducing the special issue

    Jaime Bonache;Chris Brewster;Vesa Suutari;Petra De Saá

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Brewster
Chris Brewster University of Reading
Mustafa Özbilgin
Mustafa Özbilgin Brunel University London
Ulla Kinnunen
Ulla Kinnunen Tampere University
Ingmar Björkman
Ingmar Björkman Hanken School of Economics
Jan Selmer
Jan Selmer Aarhus University

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