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Effects of predeparture and postarrival c ross‐cultural trainings on expatriates adjustment: A study of Chinese expatriates in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Okpara John O.,
Kabongo Jean D.,
Lau Wai Kwan Elaine
Publication year - 2020
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.22185
Subject(s) - expatriate , multinational corporation , subsidiary , exploratory research , business , china , marketing , psychology , business administration , political science , sociology , finance , anthropology , law
The increase in economic globalization has created a need for multinational corporations to use expatriates to manage their foreign subsidiaries. Expatriate employees face many challenges that they can meet successfully only if they are well prepared through sound cross‐cultural training. In this exploratory study, we investigated the effects of cross‐cultural training on Chinese expatriates in Nigeria. We mainly focused on the relationship between predeparture and postarrival cross‐cultural training. In this study, we surveyed 198 Chinese expatriates in Nigeria and found that both predeparture and postarrival training have significant and positive influences on Chinese expatriates' adjustment. Additionally, our results demonstrated that language training and previous overseas experience also have positive effects on Chinese expatriates' adjustment in Nigeria. The implications of these findings are also discussed.