Expatriate adjustment and assignment success : The significance of host country support

Title: Expatriate adjustment and assignment success : The significance of host country support
Creator: Sokro, Evans; Pillay, Soma
Date: 2016
Type: Text; Conference paper
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/158694
Identifier: vital:11845
Abstract: While the recent literature on expatriation acknowledges the importance of host country support in expatriate assignment success, yet few studies have addressed how host country support may influence expatriate adjustment and overall success, especially in sub-Saharan Africa host country context. This study examines expatriates’ perceptions of support from local employees and its impact on expatriates’ adjustment and overall assignment success. Results show that expatriates perceived host country support as important in enhancing their adjustment to host subsidiaries as well as playing a significant role in their assignments success in general. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.
Publisher: ANZAM
Relation: Under new management: Innovating for sustainable and just futures, 30th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2016); Brisbane, Australia; 6th -9th December 2016
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: Expatriate adjustment; Assignment success; Host country support
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