What you do depends on where you are: understanding how domestic and expatriate work requirements depend upon the cultural context

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Shin, Shung J.; Morgeson, Frederick P.; Campion, Michael A.
• 署名单位: Washington State University; Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; Purdue University System; Purdue University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400247
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 64-83
• 关键词: expatriate; cultural context; Work requirements

摘要

To empirically address the importance of the cultural context for successful assignments, we conducted two studies using a large sample of public-sector US professionals working in comparable jobs in 156 different countries. The results provided direct evidence that social and perceptual skill, reasoning ability, and adjustment- and achievement-orientation personality requirements are higher in expatriate assignments, which has implications for pre-departure selection. Also, the results partly supported the hypothesis that expatriates are required to adjust their behavior to be consistent with the local cultural values, which has implications for post-arrival behavioral training.