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An investigation of the willingness of managerial employees to accept an expatriate assignment
Author(s) -
Aryee Samuel,
Chay Yue Wah,
Chew Juniper
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1379(199605)17:3<267::aid-job748>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - expatriate , psychology , relocation , sample (material) , social psychology , multilevel model , variance (accounting) , similarity (geometry) , test (biology) , statistics , business , mathematics , geography , paleontology , chemistry , accounting , archaeology , chromatography , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics) , biology , programming language
Data obtained with the aid of structured questionnaires from a Singaporean managerial sample ( N = 228) were used to examine receptivity to an expatriate assignment in terms of the cultural similarity or dissimilarity of the country of relocation. Results of a paired t ‐test indicated that respondents were significantly more receptive to an expatriate assignment in a culturally similar location than in a culturally dissimilar location. Results of hierarchical regression analyses revealed mixed support for the study's propositions and explained only modest amounts of the variance in the culturally similar ( R 2 = 22 per cent) and dissimilar ( R 2 = 20 per cent) models. Limitations of the study, directions for future research and implications of the findings are discussed.