An empirical analysis of managers' adjustment to working in multi-national project teams in the pipeline and plant construction sector

Expatriate performance in terrorism-endangered countries: The role of family and organizational support

“…The first one is the manager's age. Older managers have greater life experience and should be better able to adapt to new challenges and situations (Puck, Mohr, & Rygl, 2008). This experience in general is likely to have a positive influence on job performance.…”

“…Finally, we controlled for previous expatriate assignments. Having been assigned to a foreign country before, gathering experience as an expatriate, helps individuals to better adjust to new situations and to integrate themselves in new teams (Caligiuri, 2000;Kraimer et al, 2001;Puck, Kittler, et al, 2008;Puck, Mohr, et al, 2008).…”

“…Based on recent critique of the adjustment concept (e.g. Lazarova & Thomas, 2012;Puck, Kittler, et al, 2008;Puck, Mohr, et al, 2008;Takeuchi, 2010), we conceptualize expatriate performance as dependent variable and argue that this concept allows for a broader consideration of the outcomes of foreign assignments. While expatriates can be perfectly adjusted to a particular context without achieving high work results or meeting company goals, we believe that performance is a better predictor of the success or failure of expatriates because it includes also indicators that reflect the goals that a company pursuits when delegating expatriates to other countries.…”

Emotional intelligence and British expatriates’ cross-cultural adjustment in international construction projects

“…Furthermore, very few studies have investigated expatriation issues in AEC sector with exception of Konanahalli et al, (2014) who investigated the impact of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) on cross-cultural adjustment of British expatriate; Santosoa & Loosemore, (2013) who investigated expatriation issues in Australian construction sector; Konanahalli et al, (2012) looked in to cross-cultural adjustment of British expatriates in Middle East; Puck et al, (2008) who investigated the adjustment of expatriates working in multi-national project teams and Zainol et al, (2013) and Zainol & Abdul Aziz., (2010) who investigated a sample of Malaysian expatriates. To address the scarcity of research on expatriate management in AEC sector, the current study will specifically ascertain issues relating to British expatriates.…”

Analysis of Market Orientation on Business Performance in the Multinational Service Industries

“…Finally, there is a problem of limited studies on marketing managers, particularly on multinational business activities in developing African countries. Puck et al (2008) observed that, managers who are concerned with managerial sustainability ought to be studied and analyzed carefully, in order to have an international perspective. According to Morgan et al (2009;Merrilees et al, 2011), empirical testing and assessment of the significance of marketing activities to a firm's performance is limited in the extant literature.…”