TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting expatriates’ acculturation
T2 - the three-way interactive effect between cross-cultural training, repatriation practice and leadership consideration
AU - Xiang, Shuting
AU - Wu, Shan
AU - Wang, Jue
AU - Zhou, Qiwei
AU - Ning, Nan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - Acculturation is important in predicting expatriation success, especially for Chinese expatriates. Given the inconsistent findings regarding the effectiveness of cross-cultural training (CCT) on expatriate acculturation, this study adopts the ‘internal fit’ perspective, which indicates that managerial practices jointly influence employees. Specifically, we investigate how CCT interacts with other internally aligned managerial components, including repatriation practice and leadership consideration, to affect expatriate acculturation. Two survey studies were conducted to test our hypotheses. We gathered cross-sectional data from 178 Chinese expatriates from three multinational enterprises in study 1 and time-lagged data from 230 Chinese expatriates from more than 200 multinational enterprises in study 2. Results demonstrate a positive relationship between CCT and expatriates’ acculturation, with repatriation practice strengthening that relationship. Moreover, CCT, repatriation practice and leadership consideration promote expatriates’ acculturation in a synergistic manner. This study contributes to the literature on Chinese expatriates and provides practical implications.
AB - Acculturation is important in predicting expatriation success, especially for Chinese expatriates. Given the inconsistent findings regarding the effectiveness of cross-cultural training (CCT) on expatriate acculturation, this study adopts the ‘internal fit’ perspective, which indicates that managerial practices jointly influence employees. Specifically, we investigate how CCT interacts with other internally aligned managerial components, including repatriation practice and leadership consideration, to affect expatriate acculturation. Two survey studies were conducted to test our hypotheses. We gathered cross-sectional data from 178 Chinese expatriates from three multinational enterprises in study 1 and time-lagged data from 230 Chinese expatriates from more than 200 multinational enterprises in study 2. Results demonstrate a positive relationship between CCT and expatriates’ acculturation, with repatriation practice strengthening that relationship. Moreover, CCT, repatriation practice and leadership consideration promote expatriates’ acculturation in a synergistic manner. This study contributes to the literature on Chinese expatriates and provides practical implications.
KW - Chinese expatriates
KW - cross-cultural training
KW - expatriate acculturation
KW - leadership consideration
KW - repatriation practice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120828274&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1744-7941.12322
DO - 10.1111/1744-7941.12322
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120828274
SN - 1038-4111
VL - 61
SP - 355
EP - 392
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
IS - 2
ER -