Factors Influencing Expatriates

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The Factors Influencing Expatriates H. W. Lee, M.B.A., Ph.D., National Chia-Yi University, Chia-Yi City, Taiwan ABSTRACT In today’s economic environment, corporations were realizing that to grow they must expand overseas. Successful cross-cultural assignments can increase the corporation's international reputation and profits. While organizations may perceive expatriation as an attractive method for accumulating foreign markets, they face the challenges of selection, management of the most appropriate individuals. The international movement of human resources has generated the development of research which targets the adjustment of expatriates in the foreign cultures. However, previous research have been developed, designed and conducted mostly for the needs of other expatriates who are preparing for international assignments. Information on Taiwanese who are preparing for American assignments was rare and needed. This study investigated Taiwanese financial institution expatriates in the United States. Thus, the factors contributing to the successful expatriation experience were significant to MNCs. The purpose of this research focused on examining the relationship between independent variables, job satisfaction, family support, learning orientation, organizational socialization, and cross-cultural training and dependent variable, cross-cultural adjustment in a proposed model of cross-cultural adjustment. The quantitative research method was used in this study. Regression, and correlation were employed. This study was unique because it dealt specifically with Taiwanese financial institution expatriates in the United States. The proposed model of expatriate adjustment in an international assignment was support. One of the main findings of this research is that evidence of the important role of job satisfaction. The results of this research extend previous findings by

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