企业员工人格特征与主管承诺关系研究

由于主管承诺的研究刚刚起步,对于主管承诺的前因变量探索不够,仅仅停留在"环境性"因素的层面如文化因素、主管支持感、领导-成员交换等的探索,缺乏对主管承诺研究的深层次影响因素—人格因素的研究。本研究应用问卷调查法采集数据,用spss11.0软件对数据进行了T检验、单因素方差分析、相关分析和回归分析,探讨了不同的人口学变量对主管承诺及主管承诺各维度的影响作用;企业员工的人格特征与主管承诺及其各维度之间的复杂关系。     

人格特质影响健康投资吗？——来自中国企业-劳动力匹配调查的经验证据

本文使用2016年中国企业-劳动力匹配调查（CEES）数据,以员工是否进行体育锻炼作为健康投资的衡量指标,运用普通最小二乘回归分析（OLS）和倾向得分匹配法（PSM）探究各类人格特质对健康投资的影响。结果表明,员工的人格特质显著影响健康投资行为,且具有因果效应。其中正向人格特质中,开放性、责任心和外向性均对健康投资具有正向影响,边际影响分别为65.0%、32.1%和40.2%;负向人格特质中,神经质对健康投资具有负向影响,边际影响为17.3%,而顺同性对健康投资的影响不显著。     

An empirical test of a correspondence model of expatriate managers' work adjustment

We develop and empirically test a model of expatriate managers' work adjustment. In this model we relate the fit between work-related abilities and needs of expatriate managers as well as the fit between the job requirements of, and incentives associated with, an international assignment to the level of expatriate managers' work adjustment. We test this model with data gathered by means of an electronic survey among 118 German expatriate managers. The empirical findings largely support our theoretical model. The paper enhances our understanding of expatriate managers' work adjustment and its antecedents and contributes to the theoretical and empirical basis of research into expatriate management.     

Factor analysis of the Big Five Questionnaire using polychoric correlations in children

Although the Big Five Questionnaire for children (BFQ-C) (C. Barbaranelli et al., Manuale del BFQ-C. Big Five Questionnaire Children, O.S. Organizazioni, Firenze, 1998) is an ordinal scale, its dimensionality has often been studied using factor analysis with Pearson correlations. In contrast, the present study takes this ordinal metric into account and examines the dimensionality of the scale using factor analysis based on a matrix of polychoric correlations. The sample comprised 852 subjects (40.90% boys and 59.10% girls). As in previous studies the results obtained through exploratory factor analysis revealed a five-factor structure (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional instability and openness). However, the results of the confirmatory factor analysis were consistent with both a four and five-factor structure, the former showing a slightly better fit and adequate theoretical interpretation. These data confirm the need for further research as to whether the factor ‘Openness’ should be maintained as an independent factor (five-factor model), or whether it would be best to omit it and distribute its items among the factors ‘Extraversion’ and ‘Conscientiousness’ (four-factor model).     

Expatriates' and National Employees' Perceptions of the Role of MNCs in Development

The purpose of this research is to report and analyze expatriate and UAE indigenous managers' responses and evaluations of MNCs role in national development. The research intends to answer questions that arise concerning the contribution of MNCs in four areas: political, cultural, economic, and technological. The results indicate that "foreign" expatriates have, in general, a negative attitude toward the contributions of MNCs. Arab expatriate and indigenous participants, however, value the role of MNCs in national development. Various implications of the results are provided.     

A review of personality and performance: Identifying boundaries, contingencies, and future research directions

This article reviews the literature linking the Big Five personality traits with job performance in order to identify the most promising directions for future research. Specifically, we recommend expanding the criterion domain to include internal and external service-oriented behavior as well as adaptive performance. We also review situational moderators of the personality–performance relationship and suggest additional moderators at the task, social, and organizational levels. Finally, we discuss trait interactions and explain why we expect that our capability to predict employee behavior will be considerably improved by considering the interaction among traits.     

巨额冲销行为影响因素的实证研究

本文对2002年进行了巨额冲销的276家上市公司数据,运用均值检验、X2(卡方)检验和逻辑斯蒂回归方法分析了产生巨额冲销行为的动因,结果发现巨额冲销与经营困境、高管人员变更(董事长和总经理同时变更正)和会计政策变化正相关;与企业规模负相关;与控股股东和会计师事务所更换不相关。     

Expatriate compensation and its link to the subsidiary strategic role: a theoretical analysis

This paper focuses on the strategic design of expatriates' salaries. Unlike standard expatriation literature that assumes a lack of connection between strategy and international managers' compensation, we use the theoretical concepts from the international strategic management research to discuss how different international strategies affect the way expatriates are compensated. In this respect, the paper proposes a series of hypotheses on how expatriate compensation systems take shape according to the role that the expatriates may play in the internationalization process. The hypotheses refer to the type of incentives offered to encourage acceptance of the assignment, the type of criteria used to evaluate their performance and the reference unit used to establish variable compensation.     

Australian expatriates in Thailand: some insights for expatriate management policies

Expatriates are critical to the navigation of an increasingly complex international business world and, as such, the demand for their skills, knowledge and experience, as well as their supply, needs to be better understood. Furthermore, the role of human resource policies is of key concern in ensuring the right people are chosen to represent companies in overseas locations, as is the provision of pertinent support policies, such as preparation for overseas assignments and cross-cultural training. The purpose of this research is to examine these issues with the focus on Australian expatriates in Thailand. A questionnaire survey was conducted of members of the Australian-Thai Business Council in Thailand, an association representing Australian expatriates, in 1999. The findings provide some insights for expatriate management policy, including the notable conclusions that the market for expatriates is changing and becoming more demanding and that the imperatives of the emerging global market for human capital require a much more structured approach to expatriate management development.     

Expatriate selection: back to basics?

Expatriate assignments are becoming increasingly unattractive to potential candidates making the unwieldy myriad of proposed selection criteria of decreasing practical value to internationally assigning firms. When the issue is more to find anyone willing to do the job rather than selecting the best candidate from a large pool of applicants, maybe basic personal characteristics can better guide corporations in their search for suitable expatriate candidates. To examine this proposition, a large sample of Western business expatriates in Hong Kong responded to a mail survey about their sociocultural and psychological adjustment. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis indicated that age had a positive association with general, interaction and work adjustment of the expatriates as well as with psychological adjustment. Gender was not associated with any kind of adjustment whereas being married had a positive relation with work adjustment. The implications for international firms of these results are discussed in detail.     

The impact of on-site mentoring on expatriate socialization: a structural equation modelling approach

While the literature on expatriate adjustment has focused on the importance of back-home mentors and their instrumentality for future career advancement, this research explores the importance of on-site mentors for the effective socialization of expatriates into their current overseas assignments. Using a sample of 179 expatriates located in nineteen countries, this paper presents a structural equation model illustrating the relationships among mentoring received, expatriate socialization and socialization outcomes. Amount of mentoring received positively impacts on expatriate socialization, which in turn positively influences job attitudes, intention to finish the expatriate assignment and expatriate understanding of global business issues. Using Hofstede's typology of national cultures, this research also suggests that the international context of the overseas assignment affects how much on-site mentoring expatriates receive. Specifically, expatriates are more likely to receive mentoring in small power distance, weak uncertainty avoidance and individualistic cultures.     

大数据在我国房地产企业中的应用研究

从房地产企业的视角阐述大数据的应用情况,分析近年来大数据在我国房地产企业中的应用案例,并结合国外个别经典案例分析大数据在房地产企业开发和营销方面的积极作用。研究表明,大数据有利于房地产企业进行理性开发和多元化、创新性投资;有利于房地产企业实现精确营销,扩展业务范围或通过与第三方平台合作的方式拓宽营销渠道。通过对我国房地产企业大数据应用情况的分析,提出在当前应用实践中存在的问题,包括来自大数据方面的挑战和房地产企业本身的特点所带来的问题;结合已有研究成果提出应对策略,为房地产企业更好地应用大数据提供了理论支持。     

Self-regulation and expatriate adjustment: The role of regulatory fit

In this paper, we draw on the construct of regulatory fit in explaining how expatriates manage interactional and work-related discrepancies in diverse cultural contexts. When expatriates go overseas, they are often faced with a set of expectations that are at variance with their home country norms and these differences in expectations generate discrepancies. The emergence of discrepancies in an alien cultural context exacerbates the uncertainties facing the expatriate, though the response to uncertainty varies between expatriates. We posit that expatriates with a promotion-focused self-regulatory system are focused on maximizing gains leading them to manage uncertainty through experimentation whereas expatriates with a prevention-focused self-regulatory system are oriented to minimizing losses leading them to manage uncertainty by persisting with the status-quo. Utilizing insights from motivational science and by linking the self-regulatory processes to the cultural context, we develop a framework and propositions for expatriate adaptation in loose and tight cultures. We present managerial implications of our model and offer guidance for testing the framework.