You can take it with you: Individual differences and expatriate effectiveness.

Shaffer, Margaret A.; Harrison, David A.; Gregersen, Hal B.; Black, J. Stewart; Ferzandi, Lori

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.91.1.109

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“…This finding shows the strong relationship that has already been proven in previous studies between personality characteristics and adjustment (Huang et al, 2005;Shaffer et al, 2006). In addition, all the measures of adjustment to a foreign culture were found related to one another in significant positive relationships but in lower than expected correlations.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…In the research studies conducted on populations of expatriates on lengthy international assignments positive relations were found between the characteristics of openness (Huang et al, 2005;Raduan et al, 2010;Shaffer et al, 2006), agreeableness, and extraversion (Caligirui, 2000;Huang et al, 2005;Shaffer et al, 2006) and level of adjustment to a foreign culture. However, established relations were not found between the traits of conscientiousness and neuroticism and the level of adjustment to a foreign culture (Caligiuri, 2000;Huang et al, 2005).…”

Section: Personality and Adjustmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, research studies have linked the personality characteristics to the level of adjustment to a foreign culture (Huang et al, 2005;Shaffer et al, 2006). Another research found that personality is related directly to adjustment to a new culture, and adjustment is related directly to performances on an international assignment (Lee & Sukoco, 2008).…”

Section: Personality and Adjustmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Relationship between the Personality and Gender and the Adjustment to a Foreign Culture: Comparative Research between Expatriates and Business Trip Travelers

Ornoy¹,

Nishri²,

Uziel³

2014

IJBA

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The research examines how personality characteristics and gender influence adjustment to a foreign culture among workers participating in one of two international assignment types: expatriation and frequent business trips. The research presents first evidence of relationships between personality and adjustment among business travelers, joins previous findings of relationships between personality characteristics and adjustment to a foreign culture among expatriates, and enables comparison between the two assignment types. The research contributes new findings on differences between the sexes in global employment: men adjust better than women to a foreign culture in the two assignment types, in two of four dimensions examined.The research examines how personality characteristics and gender influence adjustment to a foreign culture among workers participating in one of two international assignment types: expatriation and frequent business trips. The research presents first evidence of relationships between personality and adjustment among business travelers, joins previous findings of relationships between personality characteristics and adjustment to a foreign culture among expatriates, and enables comparison between the two assignment types. The research contributes new findings on differences between the sexes in global employment: contrary to our hypothesis, men adjust better than women to a foreign culture in the two assignment types, in two of four dimensions examined.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Personality and Adjustmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Personality and Adjustmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Relationship between the Personality and Gender and the Adjustment to a Foreign Culture: Comparative Research between Expatriates and Business Trip Travelers

Ornoy¹,

Nishri²,

Uziel³

2014

IJBA

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“…A review of literature indicated individual differences such as self-monitoring personality (Caligiuri & Day, 2000), gender (Sinangil & Ones, 2003), non-ethnocentrism (Hechanova et al, 2003, Big Five Personality (Mol et al, 2005), communicational ability, relational ability, stress tolerance (Holopainen & Bjorkman, 2005), cultural flexibility (Shaffer et al, 2006), task and people orientation (Shaffer et al, 2006), goal orientation (Wang & Takeuchi, 2007) and previous international experience (Varma et al, 2006) related to expatriate job performance.…”

Section: Job Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

The Effects of Job Embeddedness on Organizational Cynicism and Employee Performance: A Study on Sadat City University

Nafei¹

2014

IJBA

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Purpose: Using a new construct, Job Embeddedness (JE), from the business management literature, this study examines the effects of JE on Organizational Cynicism (OC) and Employee Performance (EP) at Sadat City University.Research Design/Methodology: Using Mitchell et al., 2001 of JE, the study develops a number of hypotheses and tests them. Out of the 692 questionnaires that were distributed to employees at Sadat City University in Egypt, 400 usable questionnaires were returned, a response rate of 58%. Findings:The results showed that JE is related to the OC and EP. In other words, fit, links and sacrifice significantly correlated with OC and EP. This research outlined a strong relationship between JE, OC and EP. The study findings suggest that improving JE will have a positive impact EP. Practical implications:The study suggests that the University of Sadat City in Egypt can improve EP by influencing its JE, specifically, by developing fit, links and sacrifice. The study provided that it is necessary to pay more attention to the dimensions of JE as a key source for organizations to enhance the competitive advantage which is of prime significance for OC and EP.Originality/value: JE is valuable for evaluating employee retention in Sadat City University. The study observes that there is a critical shortage of JE and that a greater understanding of the factors that influence the EP, including fit, links and sacrifice, is of great importance. Therefore, this study is to examine the relationship between JE, OC and EP among employees at Sadat City University.

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“…Although expatriates are increasingly becoming "key persons" for MNCs, the process of assigning an expatriate abroad is not a simple matter (Shaffer et al 2001;Shaffer et al 2006). How to select expatriates who have abilities to adjust in the new environment becomes one important issue of the work force management at MNCs.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing Cross-Cultural Training Efficacy on Expatriate Adjustment through Emotional Intelligence and Social Capital

Susanto

Rostiani

2012

GADJAH MADA INT. J. BUS.

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Abstract:Cross cultural training is widely believed to make a positive contribution to expatriate adjustment. In practice, however, it is very costly and sometimes ineffective for expatriates. Therefore, there is a growing importance placed on increasing the cost effectiveness or enhancing the efficacy of crosscultural training by functioning individual expatriate's social capital and emotional intelligence as moderating variables towards expatriate's adjustment and performance. To do so we blend ideas drawn from social capital theory and emotional intelligence to develop the structure that underlies the logic of this paper. Thus, this paper uses social capital and emotional intelligence theories to enrich extant literature on expatriate adjustment Abstrak: Pelatihan lintas budaya telah dipercaya memberikan kontribusi positif bagi proses penyesuaian ekspatriat. Meskipun demikian, dalam prakteknya, pelatihan tersebut sangat mahal dan terkadang tidak efektif. Oleh karena itu, penting untuk meningkatkan efektivitas biaya atau pencapaian pelatihan lintas budaya dengan memfungsikan modal sosial dan kepintaran emosi ekspatriat sebagai variabel pemoderasi antara penyesuaian ekspatriat dan kinerjanya. Penulis menggabungkan beberapa ide dari teori modal sosial dan kepintaran emosional untuk membangun sebuah kerangka sebagai dasar tulisan ini. Oleh karena itu, tulisan ini menggunakan teori modal sosial dan teori kepintaran emosional untuk memperkaya literatur mengenai penyesuaian ekspatriat.

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You can take it with you: Individual differences and expatriate effectiveness.

Cited by 500 publications

References 77 publications

The Relationship between the Personality and Gender and the Adjustment to a Foreign Culture: Comparative Research between Expatriates and Business Trip Travelers

The Relationship between the Personality and Gender and the Adjustment to a Foreign Culture: Comparative Research between Expatriates and Business Trip Travelers

The Effects of Job Embeddedness on Organizational Cynicism and Employee Performance: A Study on Sadat City University

Enhancing Cross-Cultural Training Efficacy on Expatriate Adjustment through Emotional Intelligence and Social Capital

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