The relationship between expatriates' personality traits and their adjustment to international assignments
| Autor: | Shu-Cheng Chi, Tsai-Jung Huang, John J. Lawler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Agreeableness
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Extraversion and introversion Strategy and Management Alternative five model of personality Conscientiousness Big Five personality traits and culture Hierarchical structure of the Big Five Management of Technology and Innovation Industrial relations Openness to experience Business and International Management Big Five personality traits Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 16:1656-1670 |
| ISSN: | 1466-4399 0958-5192 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09585190500239325 |
| Popis: | This study investigates the relationship between personality traits of expatriates and their adjustment to international assignments. We focused in particular on the Big Five personality traits: extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience. We sampled eighty-three US expatriates in Taiwan and found statistically significant relationships between expatriate adjustment and three personality traits in theoretically reasonable directions. Specifically, our results showed that a US expatriate's general living adjustment in Taiwan is positively related to his or her degree of extroversion and openness to experience. We found that extroversion and agreeableness are both positively related to interaction adjustment (i.e. relationships with local people). Furthermore, a US expatriate's work adjustment is positively related to his or her openness to experience. Unlike prior research on expatriate adjustment, we have examined multiple traits rooted in personality theory, and... |
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