Organizational expatriates and self-initiated expatriates: differences in cross-cultural adjustment and job satisfaction
Organizational expatriates and self-initiated expatriates: differences in cross-cultural adjustment and job satisfaction
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DOI：
10.1080/09585192.2012.725078
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发表时间：
2013-04
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通讯作者：
F. Froese;Vesa Peltokorpi
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作者：
F. Froese;Vesa Peltokorpi
本研究针对国际劳动力的最新动向，调查并比较了被公司派遣到国际岗位的组织性外派人员（OEs）和自愿移居国外工作的自发性外派人员（SIEs）。对东京的57名OEs和124名SIEs的调查结果显示，OEs和SIEs在个人和工作相关因素、跨文化适应和工作满意度方面存在一些差异。更具体地说，中介分析表明，SIE有较高的互动调整，因为他们在东道国逗留时间较长，东道国的语言水平较高。然而，SIE的工作满意度较低，因为他们更经常在东道国的国家监督员下工作。
Reflecting on recent trends in the international labor force, this study investigates and compares organizational expatriates (OEs), who are dispatched by their companies to international posts, with self-initiated expatriates (SIEs), who by their own volition move and work abroad. Findings from a survey of 57 OEs and 124 SIEs in Tokyo show several differences in individual- and job-related factors, cross-cultural adjustment and job satisfaction between OEs and SIEs. More specifically, mediation analyses show SIEs to have higher interaction adjustment because of their longer stay in the host country and higher host-country language proficiency. However, SIEs have lower job satisfaction because they work more often under host-country national supervisors.