Managing Performance Abroad

Haslberger, Arno; Brewster, Chris; Hippler, Thomas

doi:10.4324/9780203111468

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“…Such theorizing draws attention to the adjusting individual's social or professional "fit" with prominent exchange partners as an important determinant of their adjustment trajectory, rather than-or as well as-their "fit" with the overall physical or social environment (Shaffer et al, 1999). This perspective is consistent with calls to acknowledge the importance of different domains within which adjustment transpires (Haslberger et al, 2014) and with suggestions that adjusting to some aspects of a new culture (e.g., macro/micro) may be more difficult than others (Hippler et al, 2018). Our model, therefore, helps to progress the evolution of adjustment away from being viewed as assimilation to a static and essentialist macro-level milieu to one emerging from individuals' participation in a multiplicity of rich intercultural interactions, each taking place within a particular context and each shaping an individual's adjustment patterns in different ways.…”

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Host country nationals' interaction adjustment as a social exchange: A theoretical model

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Michailova

2021

J Organ Behavior

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In this conceptual paper, we argue that host-country nationals (HCNs), without crossing geographical and organizational boundaries, experience distinct and complex interaction adjustment processes in response to their social exchange relationships with expatriates. We develop a theoretical model that suggests that the perceived value of the relationships between HCNs and expatriates, the structure of these relationships, and the HCNs' alternative sources of exchange resources predict HCNs' learning-rich interactions with expatriates and HCNs' extraneous stress, which, in turn, influence HCNs' interaction adjustment. Along with research implications, our theorizing points to features that can improve HCN and expatriate selection, preparation, and management.

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Section: Research Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 85%

Host country nationals' interaction adjustment as a social exchange: A theoretical model

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Michailova

2021

J Organ Behavior

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“…At the same time, it would be interesting to explore if Portuguese emerging adult SIEs in different host countries perceive cross-cultural adaptation and its determinants the same way as the ones in this study. By following these suggestions, it will be a step forward into changing the current situation of having “a wealth of indicators but a dearth of replications” (Haslberger et al , 2014, p. 129).…”

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“…This suggestion will hopefully address González-Loureiro et al .’s (2015) concern about how adjustment-acculturation have been researched as mutually exclusionary realms and scholars have devoted little effort to join the analyses. Nonetheless, since international assignments are becoming a more common practice in the increasingly globalized world (Haslberger et al , 2014), individuals seem to deal with three major concerns: work, the place where they live and the place where their family lives. Consequently, two or more cultures may be interacting and the individual has to decide the best way to deal with them.…”

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A grounded theory approach to understand the Portuguese emerging adult self-initiated expatriates’ cross-cultural adaptation in the United Kingdom

Farcas¹,

Gonçalves²

2019

JGM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inductively develop a model of cross-cultural adaptation for emerging adult self-initiated expatriates (SIEs). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 18 Portuguese emerging adult SIEs, aged between 18 and 29 years, residing in the UK from 5 months to 2 years. The analysis of these interviews through a grounded theory, using computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (Atlas.ti), allowed describing what constitutes participants’ cross-cultural adaptation and what are its determinants. Findings Five dimensions of cross-cultural adaptation emerged (cultural, emotional, social, practical and work), along with 18 determinants related with four different levels: personal, interpersonal, societal and situational. These determinants are related with the pre- and post-relocation phases of participants’ expatriation experience and some of them act as buffers, capturing a more integrative picture of the cross-cultural adaption process. Research limitations/implications In order to enhance the validity of the inductively identified relationships between cross-cultural adaptation and its determinants, the authors consider that they could be empirically tested. Originality/value This study points to several contributions in the fields of cross-cultural adaptation, emerging adulthood and self-initiated expatriation. By considering this study’s sample, the authors contributed to Farcas and Gonçalves’ (2016) call for more research focusing on emerging adult SIEs. In doing so, the authors simultaneously addressed the gap in the emerging adulthood literature regarding the focus on non-university samples of emerging adults. The methodology of this study can also be considered a contribution. By conducting interviews with emerging adult SIEs and analyzing them through a grounded theory approach, the authors were able to develop a model of cross-cultural adaptation. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first model which was inductively developed, enabling a broad understanding of emerging adult SIEs’ cross-cultural adaptation, in terms of what constitutes and influences it.

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“…The issue of homesickness has long been a neglected area of investigation in international human resource management. This is despite acceptance in the literature that expatriates go through the critical issue of adjustment (Haslberger et al, 2014) triggers the feelings of separation and missing home, and has been a not-easy-to-achieve situation (Ward et al, 2005). Cross-cultural research has identified significant ties between the cultural environment and human psychosocial development where examinations focus on what ends up happening to individuals who have grown in one cultural background in an effort to recreate their lives in another (Berry, 1997).…”

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Homesickness in developing world expatriates and coping strategies

Hack‐Polay

Mahmoud

2020

German Journal of Human Resource Management

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This article examines the developing world expatriates’ experience of homesickness when they are deployed to western countries. The research considers the consequences of being homesick on the expatriates and their organisations; the paper then clarifies the strategies used by the expatriates to cope with the condition. The research employed qualitative research built on unstructured interviews with expatriates from the developing world who have been deployed in western countries by their employing multinational. The findings revealed that homesickness has consequences for both expatriates and organisations. These consequences include psycho-social disorder, deterioration of physical health which damagingly affect individual wellbeing, work outcomes and organisational commitment. The practical implications centre on the opportunity for policy and strategy formulation by international HRM within organisations to improve the mental health of developing world expatriates, thus seeding the ingredients for better performance and job satisfaction. Our study makes significant additions to the expatriate literature in exposing the homesickness experiences of expatriates from the developing world in advanced economies. We identify two main coping strategies used by expatriates. The research explicates how developing world expatriates use these strategies in practices.

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Managing Performance Abroad

Cited by 49 publications

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Host country nationals' interaction adjustment as a social exchange: A theoretical model

Host country nationals' interaction adjustment as a social exchange: A theoretical model

A grounded theory approach to understand the Portuguese emerging adult self-initiated expatriates’ cross-cultural adaptation in the United Kingdom

Homesickness in developing world expatriates and coping strategies

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