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Aligning Expatriate Managers’ Expectations with Complex Global Assignments
Author(s) -
Harvey Michael,
Buckley M. Ronald,
Richey Glenn,
Moeller Miriam,
Novicevic Milorad
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00972.x
Subject(s) - expatriate , entitlement (fair division) , multinational corporation , marketing , business , international marketing , process (computing) , economics , microeconomics , political science , computer science , finance , law , operating system
The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical, yet practical framework for managing unrealistic expectations of expatriate marketing managers relative to their role in complex global marketing assignments. The formation of these unrealistic expatriate marketing managers’ expectations is examined using relational contracting theory. We explore alternative HRM evaluation/support designs that can suppress the development of expatriate marketing managers’ entitlement process and thus enhance the reality of expatriate marketing managers’ expectations relative to the role in a subsidiary of the multinational enterprise.