Sources of support and expatriation: A multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia
This research tests the role of perceived support from multinational corporations and host-country nationals for the adjustment of expatriates and their spouses while on international assignments.The investigation is carried out with matched data from 134 expatriates and their spouses based in forei...
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| author | Abdul Malek, Marlin Marissa Budhwar, Pawan Reiche, B. Sebastian |
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| description | This research tests the role of perceived support from multinational corporations and host-country nationals for the adjustment of expatriates and their spouses while on international assignments.The investigation is carried out with matched data from 134 expatriates and their spouses based in foreign multinationals in Malaysia.The results highlight the different reliance on support providers that expatriates and their accompanying spouses found beneficial for acclimatizing to the host-country environment.Improved adjustment in turn was found to have positive effects on expatriates' performance. The research findings have implications for both international human resource management researchers and practitioners. |
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| spelling | uum-149002016-04-12T04:12:09Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/14900/ Sources of support and expatriation: A multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia Abdul Malek, Marlin Marissa Budhwar, Pawan Reiche, B. Sebastian HD28 Management. Industrial Management This research tests the role of perceived support from multinational corporations and host-country nationals for the adjustment of expatriates and their spouses while on international assignments.The investigation is carried out with matched data from 134 expatriates and their spouses based in foreign multinationals in Malaysia.The results highlight the different reliance on support providers that expatriates and their accompanying spouses found beneficial for acclimatizing to the host-country environment.Improved adjustment in turn was found to have positive effects on expatriates' performance. The research findings have implications for both international human resource management researchers and practitioners. Taylor & Francis Group 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/14900/1/09585192%25.pdf Abdul Malek, Marlin Marissa and Budhwar, Pawan and Reiche, B. Sebastian (2015) Sources of support and expatriation: A multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26 (2). pp. 258-276. ISSN 0958-5192 http://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.937968 doi:10.1080/09585192.2014.937968 doi:10.1080/09585192.2014.937968 |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Abdul Malek, Marlin Marissa Budhwar, Pawan Reiche, B. Sebastian Sources of support and expatriation: A multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia |
| title | Sources of support and expatriation: A multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia |
| title_full | Sources of support and expatriation: A multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Sources of support and expatriation: A multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sources of support and expatriation: A multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia |
| title_short | Sources of support and expatriation: A multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia |
| title_sort | sources of support and expatriation a multiple stakeholder perspective of expatriate adjustment and performance in malaysia |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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