A multilevel model of expatriate staffing and subsidiary financial performance: An expanded fit perspective

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Qian, Cuili; Kim, MinChung; Takeuchi, Riki; Lee, Seungrae
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST); Hankuk University Foreign Studies
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-023-00638-7
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 110-120
• 关键词: expatriate managers; subsidiary financial performance; strategic emphasis; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS

摘要

We apply the fit theory to develop a multilevel framework of expatriate staffing effectiveness and argue that the advantages of utilizing expatriate managers are more salient in subsidiaries with market-seeking mandates in the host country. This effect is stronger if the parent firm places more emphasis on value appropriation than value creation. Such an impact is further moderated by the economic development of the host country, a country-level facilitating condition affecting the adaptability and value creation of the expatriates. The results based on a multilevel analysis of a panel dataset of foreign subsidiaries of South Korean global enterprises from 2006 to 2013 support our predictions.