The Categorization of Expatriates and the Support Offered by Host Country Nationals

Sonesh, Shirley C.; DeNisi, Angelo S.

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“…Much of this research, however, does not look beyond HCN willingness to provide support, and does not examine the impact of social categorisation on the frequency, closeness, and content of the contact with HCNs, or outcomes such as expatriate adjustment and performance. An exception is the recent study by Sonesh and DeNisi (2016), which examines how social categorisation influences various social support outcomes, and confirms that the picture might be more complex than simply outgroup categorisation leading to less support offered.…”

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“…Langinier and Froehlicher (2016) suggest that the extent to which expatriates want to develop relationships with HCNs is important for the amount of contact they have with them. Furthermore, Sonesh and DeNisi (2016) showed that expatriate ethnocentrism lead to HCN outgroup categorisation.…”

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“…A second avenue for future research at the individual level pertains to attitudes. While there are relatively many studies on HCN attitudes towards expatriates, only one study (Sonesh & DeNisi, 2016) has taken expatriate attitudes towards HCNs as antecedent of social categorisation (RQ5). Future research could also conceptualize attitudes as outcome variable -using the Contact Hypothesis as a theoretical lens (Allport, 1954) -and not only examine them as antecedents of E-L interactions as is currently the case (RQ6).…”

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It takes two to tango: a review of the empirical research on expatriate-local interactions

Bakel

2018

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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There has been a growing interest in the potentially positive impact of expatriate interactions with host country nationals (HCNs) in International Human Resource Management (IHRM). This paper provides a comprehensive overview of this relatively new body of literature, and organises the empirical research with regard to antecedents and outcomes of expatriate-local (E-L) interactions at four different levels of analysis: individual, dyadic, group, and societal level. A literature search resulted in the selection of 74 articles, published between 1990 and 2016, which focus on E-L interactions that influence the success of an organisation. The overview shows most of the research has been done at the individual level of analysis, examining the impact of contact with HCNs on expatriate adjustment and performance. Several avenues and suggestions for future research are listed; an important starting point for future research is to clearly delineate which aspect of expatriate-local interactions is investigated-the frequency, depth, or breadth of the contact. This review counterbalances the predominant IHRM focus on expatriates as sole actors in expatriate success by specifically including another important stakeholder, the HCN. It further provides directions and a research agenda for future research on expatriate-local interactions.

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It takes two to tango: a review of the empirical research on expatriate-local interactions

Bakel

2018

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…Expatriates can receive social support from many sources, such as spouses (Lauring and Selmer, 2010) and colleagues (Sonesh and DeNisi, 2016). Although these are very important job resources, for expatriate academics there could also be an additional alternative: namely, the students they interact with in their daily work activities.…”

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Job resources and demands for expatriate academics

Jonasson

Lauring

Selmer

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Jodie-Lee TrembathDepartment of Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Abstract Purpose -While there is a growing interest in expatriate academics, their specific role as teachers with daily contact to local students seems to have been largely ignored when examining their adjustment and work outcomes. Based on the job demands-resources model the authors predict that good teacher-student relations, as a supportive job resource, will have a positive effect on expatriate academics' job satisfaction. This effect, however, will be even stronger for individuals experiencing high job demands and challenges in terms of intercultural job adjustment. In other words, expatriate academics that have difficulties adjusting will benefit more from the social support that can originate from good relations to their students. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach -The authors surveyed expatriate academics adjusting to a university position in China by use of 124 responses from foreign university employees.Findings -The authors found that teacher-student relations had a positive association with job satisfaction and that positive teacher-student relations increased job satisfaction more for individuals being slow to adjust. Originality/value -This is one of the few papers to explore the impact that students can have on expatriate academics and treat this relationship as a potential resource for universities to capitalize upon in socializing their new foreign academic staff members.

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“…Strengthening the E-HCN relationship, however, may help reduce the uncertainty and stress associated with working with someone of a different cultural background. 54 E-HCN relationships are characterized by a high frequency of interactions that can bolster the bond between the HCN and expatriate, thus permitting the HCN to exhibit a higher performance. The frequency of interactions is the number of interactions in personal relationships inside a company, 55 such as face-to-face communication, video conferencing, phone calls, and email interactions between SIEs and HCNs.…”

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The Role of Extraversion and Openness on Host Country Nationals’ Task Performance and Contextual Performance at Work

Jannesari

Wang

Zheng

et al. 2021

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Purpose This study answer calls for research on host country nationals (HCNs) by examining factors that may influence HCN task performance and contextual performance during work with their self-initiated expatriate (SIE) colleagues. Participants and Methods Data on personality traits (extraversion, openness), socialization self-efficacy, and frequency of interaction, task, and contextual performance were collected by surveying 373 Chinese HCNs. The first author recruited the HCNs through SIEs working and living in China. SIEs who participated in this project provided the email addresses of HCNs with whom they worked. Results The frequency of interactions fully mediated the relationship between (a) extraversion with task and contextual performance and (b) openness with task and contextual performance. Only socialization self-efficacy moderated the mediating effects of extraversion on task performance via the frequency of interaction; it also moderated the mediating effects of openness on contextual performance via the frequency of interactions, but not in the hypothesized direction. Conclusion This study investigated the neglected stakeholder in the expatriation process, namely, HCNs, and what factors may impact HCNs’ performance during work and collaboration with their SIE colleagues.

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The Categorization of Expatriates and the Support Offered by Host Country Nationals

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It takes two to tango: a review of the empirical research on expatriate-local interactions

It takes two to tango: a review of the empirical research on expatriate-local interactions

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