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The role of perceived career prospects and international orientation in determining job satisfaction of MNE employees: A moderated mediation model
Author(s) -
Cerdin JeanLuc,
Sharma Kushal,
Liao Yuan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.21955
Subject(s) - moderated mediation , multinational corporation , psychology , perception , mediation , job satisfaction , social psychology , business , political science , finance , neuroscience , law
In a multinational enterprise (MNE) that does not reveal to its employees whether they are included in the organization's talent pool, we explore how employees' perceptions regarding their inclusion or noninclusion in the pool affects their perceived career prospects (PCPs) in the organization and their job satisfaction (JS). Specifically, we hypothesize that MNE employees' self‐perception as talent relates positively to their PCP. We also predict that PCP mediates the relationship between talent perception and JS, and that this relationship is moderated by employees' cultural intelligence and internationalism career anchor. We find evidence of a strong relationship between the direct effects we predict. However, contrary to expectations, cultural intelligence does not moderate the relationship between PCP and JS. We discuss the implications of such findings and suggest areas for future research.