Intention for international assignment among workers in Ghana: Modelling the role of motivators, demotivators and cultural disposition

Abstract

This study examined intention for international assignment among workers in Ghana by modelling the role of motivators, demotivators and cultural disposition on such intentions. The cross-sectional survey design was used to sample 723 workers drawn from Northern Ghana. Data were collected with a self-administered questionnaire. The Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the data collected. The study found from individual workers’ and developing economy perspectives that cultural disposition influences motivation for accepting international assignments and expatriates’ intention to accept international assignments. Motivation and demotivation among workers were also found to have had a statistically significant relationship between expatriate intention and significantly mediated the relationship between cultural disposition and expatriate intention to participate in international assignments. Cultural disposition was, however, found to have a non-significance relationship with expatriates’ intention to accept an international assignment. It is therefore recommended that human resource managers should make international assignments attractive for workers and expose workers to cross-cultural training through job rotations, working in teams and experiential training. It is expected that such opportunities prepare individuals for an international assignment.

Promotion and Employee Retention in the Ghanaian Life Insurance Subsector: Ascertaining Relationship and Effect

“…This ensures that employees are interested in promoting the company (Ghani et al, 2022;Ganesan, 2023;Norena-Chavez and Thalassinos, 2022). Employee promotion should also be based on factors such as education, efficiency and experience, and skill level so that employees who are promoted will know that they deserve the promotion and not because people are playing politics in promoting their favourite or part members (Segbenya et al, 2023;Segbenya and Oppong, 2023).…”