WHEN DOES CROSS-CULTURAL MOTIVATION ENHANCE EXPATRIATE EFFECTIVENESS? A MULTILEVEL INVESTIGATION OF THE MODERATING ROLES OF SUBSIDIARY SUPPORT AND CULTURAL DISTANCE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Chen, Gilad; Kirkman, Bradley L.; Kim, Kwanghyun; Farh, Crystal I. C.; Tangirala, Rahmaniam
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Korea University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2010.54533217
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 1110-1130
• 关键词: self-efficacy; INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS; GOAL ORIENTATION; performance; adjustment; MODEL; context; DISTINCTION; dimensions; RESOURCES

摘要

Departing from the emphasis on individual-level stress processes in prior expatriate research, we develop a multilevel model of expatriate cross-cultural motivation and effectiveness (motivation and effectiveness pertaining to cross-cultural contexts) that incorporates the influences of foreign subsidiary-level attributes. Analyses of multi-source and multilevel data collected from 556 expatriates in 31 foreign subsidiaries indicated that expatriate cross-cultural motivation was more positively related to work adjustment and that work adjustment was more likely to mediate the positive relationship between cross-cultural motivation and job performance when expatriates were assigned to foreign subsidiaries characterized by lower levels of subsidiary support and cultural distance.