Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates
This study looks at the adjustment of self initiated academic expatriates working at one of the public universities in Malaysia.The main aim of the research is to investigate the relationship between Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) and the expatriate’s personal, professional and social...
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| author | Halim, Haslina Abu Bakar, Hassan Mohamad, Bahtiar |
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| description | This study looks at the adjustment of self initiated academic expatriates working at one of the public universities in Malaysia.The main aim of the research is to investigate the relationship between Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) and the expatriate’s personal, professional and social adjustment.The MPQ consists of five dimensions - cultural empathy, openmindedness,social initiative, emotional stability and flexibility.One-hundred and one questionnaires were distributed to selfinitiated academic expatriates attached to various departments at the university. Results show that the MPQ predicts all three types of adjustment.Apart from the results, the discussions and limitations of the study are also presented in the paper. |
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| spelling | uum-130062016-05-15T02:14:54Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13006/ Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates Halim, Haslina Abu Bakar, Hassan Mohamad, Bahtiar BF Psychology LB2300 Higher Education This study looks at the adjustment of self initiated academic expatriates working at one of the public universities in Malaysia.The main aim of the research is to investigate the relationship between Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) and the expatriate’s personal, professional and social adjustment.The MPQ consists of five dimensions - cultural empathy, openmindedness,social initiative, emotional stability and flexibility.One-hundred and one questionnaires were distributed to selfinitiated academic expatriates attached to various departments at the university. Results show that the MPQ predicts all three types of adjustment.Apart from the results, the discussions and limitations of the study are also presented in the paper. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13006/1/pro9.pdf Halim, Haslina and Abu Bakar, Hassan and Mohamad, Bahtiar (2014) Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 155. pp. 123-129. ISSN 1877-0428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.267 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.267 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.267 |
| spellingShingle | BF Psychology LB2300 Higher Education Halim, Haslina Abu Bakar, Hassan Mohamad, Bahtiar Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates |
| title | Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates |
| title_full | Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates |
| title_fullStr | Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates |
| title_short | Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates |
| title_sort | expatriate adjustment validating multicultural personality trait among self initiated academic expatriates |
| topic | BF Psychology LB2300 Higher Education |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13006/1/pro9.pdf |
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