Factors affecting expatriate adjustment and performance : a study of international managers working in Singapore.
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...
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| author | Liyana Muhammad Fauzi. Tan, Teck Hiang. Leong, Kah Yan. |
| author2 | A Ahad M Osman-Gani |
| author_facet | A Ahad M Osman-Gani Liyana Muhammad Fauzi. Tan, Teck Hiang. Leong, Kah Yan. |
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| description | 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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| spelling | ntu-10356/152712023-05-19T06:09:01Z Factors affecting expatriate adjustment and performance : a study of international managers working in Singapore. Liyana Muhammad Fauzi. Tan, Teck Hiang. Leong, Kah Yan. A Ahad M Osman-Gani Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Management::Personnel management 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. BUSINESS 2009-04-22T08:10:07Z 2009-04-22T08:10:07Z 2009 2009 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15271 en Nanyang Technological University 155 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Business::Management::Personnel management Liyana Muhammad Fauzi. Tan, Teck Hiang. Leong, Kah Yan. Factors affecting expatriate adjustment and performance : a study of international managers working in Singapore. |
| title | Factors affecting expatriate adjustment and performance : a study of international managers working in Singapore. |
| title_full | Factors affecting expatriate adjustment and performance : a study of international managers working in Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Factors affecting expatriate adjustment and performance : a study of international managers working in Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors affecting expatriate adjustment and performance : a study of international managers working in Singapore. |
| title_short | Factors affecting expatriate adjustment and performance : a study of international managers working in Singapore. |
| title_sort | factors affecting expatriate adjustment and performance a study of international managers working in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Business::Management::Personnel management |
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