| Summary: | With the increase demand of the complex business environment, there is an increase in
international business deals, and hence an increase in expatriates working away from their
home country. This brings about the focus on the challenges that expatriates may face when
working in their host country, and the importance of developing a global mindset.
Using empirical methods, this study was conducted by gathering data related to factors
affecting expatriates’ performance and adjustment from 104 expatriates.
This study highlights the importance of cross-cultural training, which was found to have
significant positive effect on expatriates’ adjustment, and was later found to be partially
mediated by expatriates’ self-efficacy. Other factors affecting expatriates’ adjustment and
performance have also been studied, showing that expatriates’ personality has significant
positive effect on their social network support, which was found to have significant positive
effects on expatriates’ cultural intelligence, and their adjustment. Personality was also
found to have significant positive effects on expatriates’ cultural intelligence and their
adjustment in host country. Further analysis had shown that cultural intelligence has
significant positive effect on expatriates’ performance in overseas assignment in Singapore.
The results show that pre-departure cross-cultural training is necessary to prepare
expatriates for their adjustment in host country, and expatriates’ personality and social
network support can affect their adjustment and their cultural intelligence, which in turn
affects their performance in the host country. Hence, suggesting future research to look into
the mediators between cultural intelligence and expatriates’ performance and adjustment
within the context of Singapore.
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