碩士 / 義守大學 / 管理研究所碩士班 / 96 / As multinational companies expand, the importance of expatriates grows exponentially. Global expatriates face the challenges of successfully carrying out overseas missions under different culture, value, language and living environment. Thus, the expatriates’ perception of cultural difference between parent country and host country may significantly impact their personal interaction with the locals and their adaptability in the foreign society, and these in turn may influence their satisfaction on the job. This study is based on the measurement of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism (Triandis, 1996) and investigates the relationship among cultural distance, expatriate adjustment, connection and job satisfaction of expatriates.
Samples for this study were purposefully selected from expatriate managers of foreign companies located in Taiwan. A total of 675 mail surveys were sent out, with 101 in return, yielding a 15% response rate. Data were analyzed using SPSS 12.0 and Lisrel 8.8. Descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to test the study hypotheses. Major findings of this study include:
1. The expatriate’s overseas adjustment is high when the perception of cultural distance in horizontal collectivism is low.
2. The expatriate perceives better social connection when the perception of cultural distance in horizontal collectivism is low.
3. Job satisfaction of the expatriate is positively related to perceived better social connection.
4. Expatriate adjustment and perceived connection are significantly related to each other.
5. The mediating effect of perceived connection between culture distance in horizontal individualism and job satisfaction is significant.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/096ISU05121147 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Chia-Hsin Kuo, 郭佳鑫 |
| Contributors | C-Rosa Yeh, 葉俶禎 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 105 |
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