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The mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments

This study examines the role of cultural intelligence in the relationship between openness personality and job performance from work role transition perspective.This study uses hierarchical regression analysis to test the hypotheses in a sample of 332 expatriates from Malaysia.The results show that...

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Main Authors: Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam, Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati, Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medwell Journals 2012
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/17688/1/IBM%206%205%20601-610.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/17688/
http://doi.org/10.3923/ibm.2012.601.610
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spelling my.uum.repo.176882016-04-21T02:46:44Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/17688/ The mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati Subramaniam, Chandrakantan HD28 Management. Industrial Management This study examines the role of cultural intelligence in the relationship between openness personality and job performance from work role transition perspective.This study uses hierarchical regression analysis to test the hypotheses in a sample of 332 expatriates from Malaysia.The results show that the variance in job performance attributable to openness personality is partly a direct effect and partly an indirect effect mediated through cultural intelligence.The findings provide evidence that in addition to the direct effect openness personality predicts cultural intelligence and cultural intelligence in turn predicts job performance among expatriates in Malaysia. Finally, this study discusses managerial implications and highlights future research directions. Medwell Journals 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/17688/1/IBM%206%205%20601-610.pdf Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam and Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati and Subramaniam, Chandrakantan (2012) The mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments. International Business Management, 6 (5). pp. 601-610. ISSN 1993-5250 http://doi.org/10.3923/ibm.2012.601.610 doi:10.3923/ibm.2012.601.610
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati
Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
The mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments
description This study examines the role of cultural intelligence in the relationship between openness personality and job performance from work role transition perspective.This study uses hierarchical regression analysis to test the hypotheses in a sample of 332 expatriates from Malaysia.The results show that the variance in job performance attributable to openness personality is partly a direct effect and partly an indirect effect mediated through cultural intelligence.The findings provide evidence that in addition to the direct effect openness personality predicts cultural intelligence and cultural intelligence in turn predicts job performance among expatriates in Malaysia. Finally, this study discusses managerial implications and highlights future research directions.
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author Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati
Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
author_facet Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati
Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
author_sort Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
title The mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments
title_short The mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments
title_full The mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments
title_fullStr The mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments
title_full_unstemmed The mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments
title_sort mediating effect of cultural intelligence on the relationship between openness personality and job performance among expatriates on international assignments
publisher Medwell Journals
publishDate 2012
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/17688/1/IBM%206%205%20601-610.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.3923/ibm.2012.601.610
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