Determinants of Expatriate Effectiveness: A Theoretical and Empirical Vacuum<sup />

Newman, Jerry M.; Bhatt, Bhal J.; Gutteridge, Thomas G.

doi:10.5465/amr.1978.4305937

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“…More specifically, the study results draw attention to the need to supplement strategies for reducing expatriate personnel problems. The widespread and continuing failure of expatriate managers (Newman, Bhatt & Gutteridge, 1978;Stroh, 1995;Tung, 1987) indicates flawed or incomplete personnel selection and orientation procedures. Although international organizations have invested considerably to enhance the success of their staff when working overseas, the initiatives adopted have tended to focus on technical competencies.…”

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The Importance of Job Content and Social Information on Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: A Study in Australian and Malaysian Nursing Contexts

Pearson

Duffy

1999

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

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An emerging challenge for health-care administrators is how to ensure harmony in a multicultural workforce. This is a cross-cultural study with 48Australian and 90 Malaysian nurses. Using a path analytic approach, it was shown that the perceived content and context work properties contributed differently to job satisfaction. Specifically, for the Australian nurses, the task content dimensions were significant determinants of job satisfaction, while only the perceived information cues substantially contributed to the affective responses of the Malaysian nurses. Both types of workplace attributes influenced the nurse's organizational commitment. The implications for human resource practices in the increasingly important evolving health-care delivery industry are discussed.The array of changes in the health-care industry is challenging nursing managements to reexamine their systems of nursing care delivery

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The Importance of Job Content and Social Information on Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: A Study in Australian and Malaysian Nursing Contexts

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Duffy

1999

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

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“…In sum, although there are many empirical studies of expatriate personality, there is very little cumulative evidence of the predictive power of measured traits. In fact, the lack of cumulative and meaningful knowledge has caused some researchers to conclude that traits are not good predictors (Brislin, 1981) and that looking for personality traits that predict adaptation to foreign environments is extremely difficult if not an impossible task (Benson, 1978;Newman, Bhatt, & Gutteridge, 1978). Caligiuri's (2000) research that examines the Big Five as predictors of expatriate success presents a theoretically based perspective on personality and success in international assignments.…”

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Personality Correlates of the Four-Factor Model of Cultural Intelligence

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Dyne

Koh

2006

Group & Organization Management

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We examine relationships between Big Five personality and the four-factor model of cultural intelligence (CQ)—metacognitive CQ, cognitive CQ, motivational CQ, and behavioral CQ. Hierarchical regression analyses conducted on data from 338 business undergraduates—after controlling for age, gender, and years of experience in interacting with people from other cultures—show significant links between (a) conscientiousness and metacognitive CQ; (b) agreeableness and emotional stability with behavioral CQ; (c) extra version with cognitive, motivational, and behavioral CQ; and (d) openness with all four factors of CQ. The intriguing finding of this study is that openness was the only Big Five that was significantly related to all four aspects of CQ. This differs from prior research on openness that found few significant relationships. Our results show that openness to experience is a crucial personality characteristic that is related to a person’s capability to function effectively in diverse cultural settings (CQ).

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“…Research on expatriate issues has been popular for many years (e.g., Mendenhall & Oddou, 1985;Newman, Bhatt, & Gutteridge, 1978) but has gained momentum particularly over the past couple of decades, due in part to the globalization of the world business environment and in part to a concerted effort by several researchers to highlight the viability of this topic in the late 1980s to the mid-1990s (e.g., Black, 1988;Gregersen, 1992;Mendenhall & Oddou, 1985). Among the earlier studies, Black et al's (1991) adjustment model "instigated and galvanized a large body of evidence.…”

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A Critical Review of Expatriate Adjustment Research Through a Multiple Stakeholder View: Progress, Emerging Trends, and Prospects

Takeuchi

2010

Journal of Management

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370

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This article is a critical review of the expatriate adjustment literature that focuses on studies that have considered other stakeholders in addition to expatriates themselves. To highlight current knowledge in this area, the most important, implicit assumptions that scholars seem to have made and that may have restricted the theoretical and empirical advancement of the literature are delineated. By focusing on these assumptions, this article underscores the importance of other stakeholders in influencing or being influenced by expatriates. This article also highlights three theoretical perspectives as exemplars to extend the existing literature. By so doing, this review identifies gaps and stimulates new research directions on expatriate adjustment.

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Determinants of Expatriate Effectiveness: A Theoretical and Empirical Vacuum

Cited by 35 publications

References 12 publications

The Importance of Job Content and Social Information on Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: A Study in Australian and Malaysian Nursing Contexts

The Importance of Job Content and Social Information on Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: A Study in Australian and Malaysian Nursing Contexts

Personality Correlates of the Four-Factor Model of Cultural Intelligence

A Critical Review of Expatriate Adjustment Research Through a Multiple Stakeholder View: Progress, Emerging Trends, and Prospects

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