Previous literature highlights that employee turnover is one of the biggest challenges for multinational corporations ( MNCs ) stemming from emerging markets. This study analyzes the relationship between different strategic talent management practices and employees' intention to leave Brazilian multinational corporations. Drawing on the resource-based view, eight research hypotheses are developed and tested using a sample of 61 employees from Brazilian MNCs . Linear regression modeling reveals that organizational support and perceived career opportunity are negatively related to Brazilian employees' intention to leave, while training and development is positively related. Furthermore, it is found that perceived career opportunity moderates these relationships. This study derives important implications for strategic talent management in Brazilian MNCs and contributes to the more general literature on human resource management in emerging-market multinationals.
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of personality and mentorship on expatriates’ psychological well-being. The authors argue that certain personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience) have positive effects on expatriates’ psychological well-being and that these personality traits enable them to derive a greater benefit from mentorship. By doing so, this study identifies for which personality traits which type of mentoring (home or host country mentor) is most beneficial.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on socioanalytic theory, the authors develop theory-driven hypotheses and test them against data of 334 expatriates.
Findings
The study shows that several personality traits as well as home country mentorship have a significant positive impact on psychological well-being, whereas host country mentorship shows no significant positive effects. Moreover, the study indicates that home and host country mentorship partially moderates the relationship between personality traits and psychological well-being.
Originality/value
Since the authors derive important implications for the selection process of expatriates as well as for the implementation of mentoring in multinational corporations, this study is of value for researchers and practitioners in the areas of human resource management and organizational studies.
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