Comparing the success of male and female expatriates from a US-based multinational company
Comparing the success of male and female expatriates from a US-based multinational company
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比较一家美国跨国公司的男性和女性外派人员的成功
DOI:
10.1080/095851999340143
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Rosalie L. Tung
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作者:
Paula M. Caligiuri;Rosalie L. Tung
This paper examines the differences between male and female expatriate employees along three criteria of global assignments: (1) cross-cultural adjustment, (2) desire to terminate the assignment and (3) supervisor-rated performance. Participants were ninety-eight expatriate employees from a US-based multinational organization. The countries to which these expatriates were assigned varied along the four work values proposed by Hofstede (1980). These dimensions were used first to determine which of the underlying cultural work values are associated with the number of women in managerial positions. The results suggest that all of the dimensions, except masculinity, were related to the participation of women in managerial roles. Second, these dimensions were used to examine whether these work values differentially affect male and female expatriates' success. Two work-values (power distance and masculinity) negatively affect the cross-cultural adjustment of expatriate women (compared to their male counterparts...