Expatriate personality and cultural fit: The moderating role of host country context on job satisfaction |
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| Institution: | 1. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan;2. Georg-August-University Göttingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen 37973, Germany;1. Department of Management, College of Business and Public Administration, Old Dominion University, 2167 Constant Hall, Norfolk, VA 23529, United States;2. School of Management, University of Michigan-Flint, 2118 Riverfront, 303 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48502-1950, United States;3. School of Business, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Box 1051, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1051, United States;4. Turner College of Business, Center for Commerce & Technology 432, Columbus State University, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, GA 31907, United States;1. University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK;2. Department of Business Administration, School of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;3. Förbom Properties, Tikanmaankatu 76, 21210 Raisio, Finland;1. Shanghai ShangDe Experimental School;2. TBS Business School, France;1. Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Institute of Corporate Development, Scharnhorststraße 1, 22135 Lüneburg, Germany;2. University of Hamburg, Department of Strategic Management, Von-Melle-Park 5, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;3. University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of International Management, Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nürnberg, Germany;1. St. John''s University, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, Department of Management, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439, USA;2. EDC Paris Business School La Défense 1, 70, Galerie des Damiers, 92415 Courbevoie Cedex, France;1. Hanken School of Economics, Department of Management and Organization, Arkadiankatu 22, P.O. Box 479, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland;2. Macquarie University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Eastern Road, North Ryde, 2109 Sydney, NSW, Australia;3. Cnam Paris, 292 rue Saint-Martin, F-75003 Paris, France;4. ISC Paris Business School, F-75017 Paris, France |
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| Abstract: | This study draws on the cultural fit hypothesis to examine interactive effects of host country context and four (Multicultural Personality Questionnaire) expatriate personality traits – Cultural Empathy, Social Initiative, Emotional Stability, and Open Mindedness – on job satisfaction. The cultural fit hypothesis maintains that it is not only the expatriate personality traits per se, but the cultural fit between expatriate personality traits and host country cultural values, norms, and prototypical personality traits that predict expatriate adjustment in host countries (Searle & Ward, 1990). Providing partial support for the cultural fit hypothesis, data derived from 191 expatriates in Brazil and Japan shows that the importance of two personality traits varies in these countries. Specifically, expatriates with high Cultural Empathy were more satisfied with their jobs in Japan than in Brazil, whereas Social Initiative was more important for expatriates in Brazil. |
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| Keywords: | Brazil Cultural fit hypothesis Expatriate Japan Job satisfaction Personality trait |
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