The impact of expatriate supporting practices and cultural intelligence on cross-cultural adjustment and performance of expatriates in Singapore |
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| Authors: | Pei-Chuan Wu Siah Hwee Ang |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Management and Organisation , NUS Business School, National University of Singapore , Singapore bizwupc@nus.edu.sg;3. Department of Management and International Business , The University of Auckland Business School , Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | We test the relationships between corporate expatriate supporting practices, cross-cultural adjustment, and expatriate performance. Specifically, we propose that the facets of cultural intelligence moderate the expatriate supporting practices–expatriate adjustment relationship. Analyzing 169 expatriates residing in Singapore, we found that expatriate supporting practices were positively related to adjustment as well as performance. Further, we demonstrated that metacognitive and cognitive cultural intelligence negatively moderated the links between expatriate supporting practices and adjustment, while motivational cultural intelligence had a positive moderating effect. These findings have implications for organizations providing support for expatriates and the expatriate selection and training processes. |
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| Keywords: | cross-cultural adjustment cultural intelligence expatriate performance expatriate supporting practices |
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