Expatriate training: Intercontextual analyses from the iGOES project

Jack W. Kostal; Anne-Grit Albrecht; Stephan Dilchert; Jürgen Deller; Deniz S. Ones; Frieder M. Paulus

Expatriate training: Intercontextual analyses from the iGOES project

Jack W. Kostal
, Anne-Grit Albrecht
, Stephan Dilchert
, Jürgen Deller
, Deniz S. Ones
, Frieder M. Paulus

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Abstract

Cross-cultural training (CCT) is used to provide expatriates with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to function effectively in the cultural contexts of their host countries. Previous meta-analyses of the effectiveness of CCT have found that, while CCT is on aver-age beneficial for expatriates, there is large variability in effectiveness across studies. We use data from the iGOES project to examine potential moderators of CCT’s effectiveness, including type of training, specificity of training to the host culture context, presence of a mentor in the host country, and length of training. In contrast to previous findings in this literature, we found that associations between participation in CCT and expatriate job per-formance, job satisfaction, and international adjustment were small, and sometimes negative.

Translated title of the contribution	Training von Auslandsentsandten: Interkontextuelle anlysen aus der iGOES-Studie
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Managing expatriates : Success factors in private and public domains
Editors	Brenton Wiernik, Heiko Rüger, Deniz S. Ones
Number of pages	16
Place of Publication	Opladen
Publisher	Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH
Publication date	2018
Pages	209-224
ISBN (Print)	978-3-8474-2031-6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-8474-1017-1
Publication status	Published - 2018

Bibliographical note

c 2018, ersch. 12.2017

Research areas and keywords

Management studies
Business psychology

International HR Management: iGoes (international Generalizability of Expatriate Success)
Deller, J. (Project manager, academic), Ones, D. S. (Partner), Dilchert, S. (Partner), Paulus, F. M. (Partner) & Albrecht, A.-G. (Project staff)
01.01.04 → 01.01.14
Project: Research

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Kostal, J. W., Albrecht, A.-G., Dilchert, S., Deller, J., Ones, D. S., & Paulus, F. M. (2018). Expatriate training: Intercontextual analyses from the iGOES project. In B. Wiernik, H. Rüger, & D. S. Ones (Eds.), Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains (pp. 209-224). (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft; Vol. 50). Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH.

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Expatriate training: Intercontextual analyses from the iGOES project. / Kostal, Jack W.; Albrecht, Anne-Grit; Dilchert, Stephan et al.
Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains. ed. / Brenton Wiernik; Heiko Rüger; Deniz S. Ones. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH, 2018. p. 209-224 (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft; Vol. 50).

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

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Expatriate training: Intercontextual analyses from the iGOES project

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Research areas and keywords

Projects

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

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