Lingua necessaria?: Language proficiency and expatriate success

Brenton M. Wiernik; Anne-Grit Albrecht; Stephan Dilchert; Jürgen Deller; Deniz S. Ones; Frieder M. Paulus

Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success

Titel in Übersetzung: Lingua necessaria?: Sprachkenntnisse und Erfolg von Auslandsentsandten

Brenton M. Wiernik
, Anne-Grit Albrecht
, Stephan Dilchert
, Jürgen Deller
, Deniz S. Ones
, Frieder M. Paulus

Publikation: Beiträge in Sammelwerken › Aufsätze in Sammelwerken › Forschung › Begutachtung

Abstract

Local language proficiency is often regarded as a key enabling factor for expatriate success. In this study, we use data from the iGOES project to examine how language proficiency contributes to expatriate outcomes. Language proficiency is negligibly to weakly related to most outcomes, but does show positive relations with interaction adjustment. Moderator analyses support the interpretation of this relation as reflecting increased comfort from being able to communicate effectively, rather than reflecting cultural engagement or social inclusion effects. Overall, results indicate that local language proficiency can contribute to expatriate comfort, but is not absolutely necessary for expatriate success.

Titel in Übersetzung	Lingua necessaria?: Sprachkenntnisse und Erfolg von Auslandsentsandten
Originalsprache	Englisch
Titel	Managing expatriates : Success factors in private and public domains
Redakteure/-innen	Brenton M. Wiernik, Heiko Rüger, Deniz S. Ones
Seitenumfang	14
Erscheinungsort	Opladen
Herausgeber (Verlag)	Verlag Babara Budrich
Erscheinungsdatum	2018
Seiten	195-208
ISBN (Print)	978-3-8474-2031-6
ISBN (elektronisch)	978-3-8474-1017-1
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 2018

Fachgebiete und Schlagwörter

Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Auslandsentsendung
Expatriate-Forschung
expatriation
Wirtschaftspsychologie
Auslandsentsendung
Expatriate-Forschung
expatriation

International HR Management: iGoes (international Generalizability of Expatriate Success)
Deller, J. (Wissenschaftliche Projektleiter*in), Ones, D. S. (Partner*in), Dilchert, S. (Partner*in), Paulus, F. M. (Partner*in) & Albrecht, A.-G. (Projektmitarbeiter*in)
01.01.04 → 01.01.14
Projekt: Forschung

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Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. / Wiernik, Brenton M.; Albrecht, Anne-Grit; Dilchert, Stephan et al.
Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains. Hrsg. / Brenton M. Wiernik; Heiko Rüger; Deniz S. Ones. Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, 2018. S. 195-208 (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft; Band 50).

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Abstract

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International HR Management: iGoes (international Generalizability of Expatriate Success)

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