Influences on expatriate social networks in China

Chiu, Ya-Ping; Wu, Melien; Zhuang, Wen-Long; Hsu, Ying-Yu

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“…Even long stay expatriates who see themselves as locals never fully relinquish established notions of whiteness, Britishness and privilege (Leonard, 2010). Chiu, Wu, Zhuang and Hsu (2009) and Lan (2011) note quite a complex and contradictory attitude among many Chinese people. On the one hand, Westerners are tolerated, but not embraced, but on the other hand 'Whiteness' as is a highly sought, but heavily racialized commodity (Lan, 2011), where host country subordinates may be motivated to mimic behaviours of their expatriate managers.…”

Section: Western Professional Migrants and The Postcolonial Legacy Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

Travel as learned behaviour: Western migrants in Hong Kong and Macau

McKercher

Yankholmes

2018

Tourism Management

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This paper examines travel by western migrants who have moved to the Hong Kong or Macau Special Administrative Regions of China. Previous research suggests travel patterns are a form of learned behaviour. New migrants initially exhibit patterns learned from their home countries, but over time their patterns change and reflect more those of residents of their new countries as they learn and adopt new behaviours. This situation was not observed among western migrants. Instead, they exhibited patterns that were internally consistent, regardless of the migrant's origin, but different from those of the local Chinese populace. The paper argues that western migrants, who generally live in a parallel expatriate bubble to those host community, have learned travel patterns from others who also live in that bubble.

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Section: Western Professional Migrants and The Postcolonial Legacy Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

Travel as learned behaviour: Western migrants in Hong Kong and Macau

McKercher

Yankholmes

2018

Tourism Management

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“…Taiwanese investment in China has been growing because of their cultural similarity and geographical proximity (Chiu et al, 2009;Lin, Lu, & Lin, 2012;Shih, Chiang, & Hsu, 2010). Because of the Taiwan-China wage gap narrowing and a labor surplus in the Taiwanese job market (Lin & Wei, 2005;Tien & Lin, 2003), the incentive for Taiwanese workers to work in China is increasingly shifting from being fi nancial to a question of job security.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Work-Family Conflict on Taiwanese Expatriates' Burnout and Turnover Intention in China: Guanxi as a Moderator

Yuan¹,

Wu²,

Flynn³

2019

RCIS

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Guanxi has been shown to play an important role in the management of Taiwanese expatriates assigned to China. In this study, we examined the relationships between expatriates' work-family confl ict, burnout, and intent to return early and the moderate role of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi in these relationships from the perspective of job demands-resources model. We used a two-waved data from a sample of 257 Taiwanese expatriates in China, and the results supported the moderating hypotheses of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi. Besides, burnout mediated the eff ect of work-family confl ict on intent to return early, only when Taiwanese expatriates perceived low levels of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi. Finally, Guanxi would be a buff er for expatriate assignment management in the Chinese context.

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“…Overall, despite impressive work on expatriate psychological well-being, cultural adjustment, and job performance in the last decades (Avril & Magnini, 2007;Black & Gregersen, 1990;Black & Mendenhall, 1991;Harrison, Shaffer, & Bhaskar-Shrinivas, 2004;Shay & Tracey, 2009;Takeuchi, 2010;Tung, 1998), there has to be an extensive search for guaranteeing successful assignments. While failure rates normally are estimated to range between 25 and 40 percent, in developing countries, this threshold is at about 70 percent (Chiu, Wu, Zhuang, & Hsu, 2009; for a critical discussion of failure rates, please see Harzing (1995)). In other words, up to two out of three expatriates either leave the assignment before having finished their tasks, or they stay while, due to psychological withdrawal, they perform poorly (Shaffer & Harrison, 1998).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Expatriate Social Networks in Terrorism-Endangered Countries: An Empirical Analysis in Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia

Bader

Schuster

2015

Journal of International Management

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Despite the increasing relevance for international business, international assignments in terrorism-endangered countries have hardly been analyzed. Applying a social network perspective, this study investigates the impact of expatriate social network characteristics on psychological wellbeing in the terrorism-endangered environment of Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. Drawing on data surveying 175 the study finds that large and diversified networks positively affect the psychological well-being of international expatriates. When including the influence of terrorism it is revealed that a higher terrorism level per se does not necessarily negatively affect the psychological well-being of expatriates, however, the impact of expatriate social network characteristics on psychological well-being is amplified. Hence, social networks are more beneficial on expatriates' psychological well-being in countries which suffer from terrorism. Discussing these findings, the study also differentiates between closeness with host country nationals and other nationalities, and presents several implications for managers how to improve psychological well-being.

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Influences on expatriate social networks in China

Cited by 44 publications

References 49 publications

Travel as learned behaviour: Western migrants in Hong Kong and Macau

Travel as learned behaviour: Western migrants in Hong Kong and Macau

The Influence of Work-Family Conflict on Taiwanese Expatriates' Burnout and Turnover Intention in China: Guanxi as a Moderator

Expatriate Social Networks in Terrorism-Endangered Countries: An Empirical Analysis in Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia

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