Job-related attitudes and expatriate managers' intention to quit a foreign assignment

dc.contributor.authorSwarts, I.
dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis, Yvonne
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-27T07:13:27Z
dc.date.available2008-05-27T07:13:27Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractA prominent issue in international staffing literature is the premature return of an expatriate to his/her home country or resignation during or shortly after the international assignment. This paper is based on an empirical study that draws upon quantitative and qualitative data generated through self-administered questionnaires from among a sample of South African expatriate managers. The main purpose of the study was to determine to what degree job-related attitude predicts the intention to quit prematurely, or intention to quit their job during or post completion of an international assignment, and which job-related attitude variables are accountable for this intention to quit or not to quit. The findings provide empirical evidence that expatriate failure rates could reach unacceptable levels and job-related attitudes are identified as critical to the adjustment process. The results and recommendations may assist multinational corporations in South Africa to facilitate the expatriation and repatriation processes of managers, saving substantial sums of money and keeping valuable human capital within the multinational corporation as part of talent management.en
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dc.identifier.citationSwarts, I & Du Plessis, Y 2007, 'Job-related attitudes and expatriate managers' intention to quit a foreign assignment', Journal of Contemporary Management, vol. 4, pp. 46-67. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_jcman.html]en
dc.identifier.issn1815-7440
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/5577
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJournal of Contemporary Managementen
dc.rightsJournal of Contemporary Managementen
dc.subjectExpatriationen
dc.subjectAdjustmenten
dc.subjectJob attitudesen
dc.subjectJob satisfactionen
dc.subjectOrganisational commitmenten
dc.subjectJob involvementen
dc.subjectTurnover intentionen
dc.subjectExpatriate failureen
dc.subjectGlobalizationen
dc.subject.lcshEmployment in foreign countriesen
dc.subject.lcshExecutives -- Employment -- Foreign countriesen
dc.subject.lcshInternational business enterprises -- Employeesen
dc.titleJob-related attitudes and expatriate managers' intention to quit a foreign assignmenten
dc.typeArticleen

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