Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia
of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality factor found to be a significant determinant of expatriate cross-cultural adjustment in international assignments. Specifically, the results of this study reveal that expatriates in Malaysia with greater agreeableness personality fared better in...
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| author | Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam Che Rose, Raduan Uli, Jegak Kumar, Naresh |
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| description | of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality factor found to be a significant determinant of expatriate
cross-cultural adjustment in international assignments. Specifically, the results of this study reveal that
expatriates in Malaysia with greater agreeableness personality fared better in their general and interaction
adjustment. Those with greater extraversion found to adjust better in general environment. Those with greater
conscientiousness and openness to experience adjusted better to the work environment. The findings of this
study contributes to the body of knowledge in the cross-cultural management field and have practical implication
to expatriating firms especially in the area of selection and training of candidates for international assignments. |
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| spelling | uum-20822016-04-26T03:00:31Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2082/ Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam Che Rose, Raduan Uli, Jegak Kumar, Naresh HD Industries. Land use. Labor of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality factor found to be a significant determinant of expatriate cross-cultural adjustment in international assignments. Specifically, the results of this study reveal that expatriates in Malaysia with greater agreeableness personality fared better in their general and interaction adjustment. Those with greater extraversion found to adjust better in general environment. Those with greater conscientiousness and openness to experience adjusted better to the work environment. The findings of this study contributes to the body of knowledge in the cross-cultural management field and have practical implication to expatriating firms especially in the area of selection and training of candidates for international assignments. Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) 2010-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2082/1/personality_and_adjustment.pdf Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam and Che Rose, Raduan and Uli, Jegak and Kumar, Naresh (2010) Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia. International Business Research, 3 (4). pp. 96-104. ISSN 1913-9004 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ibr/article/view/6101 |
| spellingShingle | HD Industries. Land use. Labor Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam Che Rose, Raduan Uli, Jegak Kumar, Naresh Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia |
| title | Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia |
| title_full | Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia |
| title_short | Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia |
| title_sort | personality and cross cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in malaysia |
| topic | HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2082/1/personality_and_adjustment.pdf |
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