Thriving and retention of expatriates: Cultural intelligence and organizational embeddedness inputs

Drawing on Conservation of Resources theory and the socially embedded model of thriving, we examine the resource antecedents and retention outcome of expatriate thriving. Using two-wave panel data from 103 international teachers in the United States, we found that the personal resource of cultural i...

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Published inInternational journal of cross cultural management : CCM Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 203 - 226
Main Authors Ren, Hong, Yunlu, Dilek G, Shaffer, Margaret A, Fodchuk, Katherine M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2021
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Boundaries
Conservation
Embeddedness
Expatriates
Intelligence
Panel data
Retention
Teachers
thriving
global work experiences
Conservation of Resources theory
expatriation
retention
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Summary:Drawing on Conservation of Resources theory and the socially embedded model of thriving, we examine the resource antecedents and retention outcome of expatriate thriving. Using two-wave panel data from 103 international teachers in the United States, we found that the personal resource of cultural intelligence directly influenced thriving, and thriving led to expatriate actual retention. In addition, the contextual resource of organizational embeddedness served as a boundary condition that augmented cultural intelligence’s positive effect on thriving. Applying the concept of thriving to explicate expatriate experiences, we go beyond the dominant emphasis in the expatriate literature on expatriate adjustment. In doing so, we highlight the joint contribution of both personal and contextual resources associated with global work experiences and pinpoint potential boundary conditions that enable thriving.
ISSN:1470-5958
1741-2838
DOI:10.1177/14705958211004655