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Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia

of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality factor found to be a significant determinant of expatriate cross-cultural adjustment in international assignments. Specifically, the results of this study reveal that expatriates in Malaysia with greater agreeableness personality fared better in...

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Main Authors: Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam, Che Rose, Raduan, Uli, Jegak, Kumar, Naresh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) 2010
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/2082/1/personality_and_adjustment.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.20822016-04-26T03:00:31Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/2082/ Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam Che Rose, Raduan Uli, Jegak Kumar, Naresh HD Industries. Land use. Labor of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality factor found to be a significant determinant of expatriate cross-cultural adjustment in international assignments. Specifically, the results of this study reveal that expatriates in Malaysia with greater agreeableness personality fared better in their general and interaction adjustment. Those with greater extraversion found to adjust better in general environment. Those with greater conscientiousness and openness to experience adjusted better to the work environment. The findings of this study contributes to the body of knowledge in the cross-cultural management field and have practical implication to expatriating firms especially in the area of selection and training of candidates for international assignments. Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) 2010-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/2082/1/personality_and_adjustment.pdf Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam and Che Rose, Raduan and Uli, Jegak and Kumar, Naresh (2010) Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia. International Business Research, 3 (4). pp. 96-104. ISSN 1913-9004 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ibr/article/view/6101
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
Che Rose, Raduan
Uli, Jegak
Kumar, Naresh
Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia
description of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality factor found to be a significant determinant of expatriate cross-cultural adjustment in international assignments. Specifically, the results of this study reveal that expatriates in Malaysia with greater agreeableness personality fared better in their general and interaction adjustment. Those with greater extraversion found to adjust better in general environment. Those with greater conscientiousness and openness to experience adjusted better to the work environment. The findings of this study contributes to the body of knowledge in the cross-cultural management field and have practical implication to expatriating firms especially in the area of selection and training of candidates for international assignments.
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author Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
Che Rose, Raduan
Uli, Jegak
Kumar, Naresh
author_facet Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
Che Rose, Raduan
Uli, Jegak
Kumar, Naresh
author_sort Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
title Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia
title_short Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia
title_full Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia
title_fullStr Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in Malaysia
title_sort personality and cross-cultural adjustment among expatriate assignees in malaysia
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE)
publishDate 2010
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/2082/1/personality_and_adjustment.pdf
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http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ibr/article/view/6101
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