National culture and expatriate deployment

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Brock, David M.; Shenkar, Oded; Shoham, Amir; Siscovick, Ilene C.
• 署名单位: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; Sapir Academic College
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400361
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 1293-1309
• 关键词: Expatriates; POWER DISTANCE; asymmetrical culture distance

摘要

We hypothesize that expatriate deployment is a control function predicted by home country culture dimensions with transaction cost and agency repercussions (rather than culture in the aggregate). This departure from the traditional conceptualization and measurement of cultural impact also yields a hypothesized asymmetrical effect, which is tested for a multi-country sample of 236 multinational subsidiaries. Using multiple measures of national culture, hypotheses are supported, with assertiveness and power distance confirmed as prime predictors of expatriate deployment.