Expatriate adjustment and assignment success : The significance of host country support
- Authors: Sokro, Evans , Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- 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
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- Description: 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.
The role of perceived organisational support in expatriate adjustment and assignment success
- Authors: Sokro, Evans , Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- 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
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- Description: This study draws on the perceived organisational support theory to examine how international assignees’ perceptions of support from their organisations influence their adjustment, satisfaction and overall assignment success. The perceived organisational support theory maintains that employees evaluate the extent to which organisations are concerned about their general wellbeing. The investigation was carried out with survey data obtained from 229 expatriates based in multinational subsidiaries in Ghana. Findings indicate that perceived organisational support has significant positive effects on expatriate adjustment, satisfaction and overall assignment success. The study has implications for both international human resource management researchers and practitioners.