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

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

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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.

Translated title of the contribution	Lingua necessaria?: Sprachkenntnisse und Erfolg von Auslandsentsandten
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Managing expatriates : Success factors in private and public domains
Editors	Brenton M. Wiernik, Heiko Rüger, Deniz S. Ones
Number of pages	14
Place of Publication	Opladen
Publisher	Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH
Publication date	2018
Pages	195-208
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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Wiernik, B. M., Albrecht, A.-G., Dilchert, S., Deller, J., Ones, D. S., & Paulus, F. M. (2018). Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. In B. M. Wiernik, H. Rüger, & D. S. Ones (Eds.), Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains (pp. 195-208). (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft; Vol. 50). Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH.

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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. ed. / Brenton M. Wiernik; Heiko Rüger; Deniz S. Ones. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH, 2018. p. 195-208 (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft; Vol. 50).

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Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Research areas and keywords

Projects

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

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