You can take it with you: Individual differences and expatriate effectiveness.

2006/01/01 by Margaret A. Shaffer, David A. Harrison, Hal Gregersen +4 · 24 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · #International Student and Expatriate Challenges #Cultural Differences and Values #Gender Diversity and Inequality

paper · doi:10.1037/0021-9010.91.1.109

Abstract

The authors report the collaborative efforts of 2 research teams that independently investigated the effects of stable personality traits (the Big Five) and specific behavioral competencies (cultural flexibility, task and people orientations, and ethnocentrism) on key dimensions of expatriate effectiveness: psychological adjustment, assignment withdrawal cognitions, and job performance. Analyses of multiple-source and longitudinal data from 3 studies, including a diverse sample of expatriates in Hong Kong and separate samples of Korean and Japanese expatriates posted around the world, indicate several direct effects of individual differences. Further data show reliable distinctions between the traits and competencies as well as incremental prediction by either set of predictors in the presence of the others.

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