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

• Published in: International 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...