Cultural Adaptation of Business Expatriates in the Host Marketplace

Jun, Sunkyu; Gentry, James W.; Hyun, Yong J.

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“…In addition, the individual level of analysis allows us to probe the established understanding that foreign nationals are often observed to be in an unfavorable position when compared to the locals of the host country, due to their socio-cultural differences, lack of network embeddedness, and access to information (Jun et al 2001;Joardar and Wu 2011). We believe that the tendency to associate liabilities with such characteristics as foreignness or outsidership arises almost by definition, because these characteristics define actors in terms of what they are not (or what groups they do not belong to) rather than what they are or what they do belong to-a negative, rather than a positive, identity.…”

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The Embedding of Transnational Entrepreneurs in Diaspora Networks: Leveraging the Assets of Foreignness

2017

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The Strathprints institutional repository (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk) is a digital archive of University of Strathclyde research outputs. It has been developed to disseminate open access research outputs, expose data about those outputs, and enable the management and persistent access to Strathclyde's intellectual output. Abstract In this paper we examine how foreign actors capitalize on their ethnic identity to gain skills and capabilities that enable them to operate in a new and strange environment. We explore the mechanisms by which Bulgarian entrepreneurs in London use their ethnic identity to develop competitive advantage and business contacts. We find that the entrepreneurs studied gain access to a diaspora network, which enables them to develop essential business capabilities and integrate knowledge from both home and host country environments. The diaspora community possesses a collective asset (transactive memory) that allows its members to remove competition from the interfirm level to the network level (i.e., diaspora networks vs. networks of native businesspeople). Additionally, the cultural identity and networks to which community members have access provide bridging capabilities that allow diaspora businesspeople to make links to host country business partners and thus embed themselves in the host country environment. Thus, this paper adds to the growing body of work showing how foreignness can serve as an asset in addition to its better-known role as a liability. RESEARCH ARTICLE

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“…The relationships between expatriation, adjustment to the host country and various personal and organizational consequences constitute one of the most researched areas in the literature on expatriation (Bhaskar-Shrinivas et al, 2005;Jun et al, 2001;Shaffer et al, 2006;Stahl and Caligiuri, 2005;Van Vianen et al, 2004). Adjustment can be conceptualized as changes in a direction of reduced conflict and increased fit between the expatriate and the new work or non-work environment in the host country (Aycan, 1997).…”

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“…Business expatriates are employees and managers sent to a foreign country by multinational corporations (MNCs) with the intent of controlling the company operations and providing technical and administrative services (Jun et al, 2001). They often carry with them skills that are critical for the success of an MNC's subsidiary, and often the international assignment serves as an important tool for developing the global managers who will lead these organizations in the future (Bolino, 2007;Harzing, 2001).…”

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“…A basic tenet of previous research on expatriates is that successful expatriates adjust to the host country (e.g., Birdseye and Hill, 1995;Jokinen et al, 2008;Jun et al, 2001;Stahl et al, 2002;Stahl and Caligiuri, 2005;Takeuchi et al, 2008;Tung, 1998;Van Vianen et al, 2004). Failure to adjust successfully has been suggested to lead to negative consequences such as lowered mental health, identity confusion, dissatisfaction and eventually turnover (Birdseye and Hill, 1995;Black and Stephens 1989;De Cieri et al, 1991;Jun et al, 2001).…”

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“…Failure to adjust successfully has been suggested to lead to negative consequences such as lowered mental health, identity confusion, dissatisfaction and eventually turnover (Birdseye and Hill, 1995;Black and Stephens 1989;De Cieri et al, 1991;Jun et al, 2001). Despite the overwhelming support in the literature for the view that expatriates should adjust to the host country, some researchers have suggested that the relationship between international assignments and their personal and organizational consequences might be rather complex, and that it is unlikely that all expatriate assignments are equivalent (e.g., Bolino, 2007;Takeuchi et al, 2008).…”

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Cosmopolitanism, Assignment Duration, and Expatriate Adjustment: The Trade-Off between Well-Being and Performance

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Wathieu

2008

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. This paper questions the notion that expatriates should adjust to their host country, by showing that adjustment and its consequences are affected by cosmopolitanism and expected assignment duration. A study of 260 expatriates in the U.S. reveals that cosmopolitans expecting shorter (longer) assignments adjust more (less) to both work and non-work aspects of their host country, and that this is associated with increased well-being. In contrast, for non-cosmopolitans, more well-being occurs when longer (shorter) expected assignments are accompanied by increased (decreased) work and non-work adjustment. Further, from the findings emerges a clash between two aspects of successful expatriation -well-being and professional success: while non-work adjustment is not always associated with well-being, work adjustment is positively related to assignment performance across conditions and subjects. Terms of use: Documents in

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