The double-edged sword of ethnic similarity for expatriates
Fan, Shea X. and Harzing, Anne-Wil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-3003
(2020)
The double-edged sword of ethnic similarity for expatriates.
Organizational Dynamics
, 100801.
ISSN 0090-2616
[Article]
(Published online first)
(doi:10.1016/j.orgdyn.2020.100801)
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Abstract
Identifying employees to represent headquarters (HQ) effectively in overseas units is a management challenge faced by all multinational corporations (MNCs). To date, management of this type of expatriate employees has accorded a central role to culture, such as understanding cultural differences, facilitating cultural adaptation and adjustment, and cultivating cultural intelligence. Although culture is a critical factor in ex-plaining expatriates’ experiences, identity offers an alternative angle to reveal the challenges that occur when expatriates interact with host country employees. In this article, we introduce ethnically similar expatriates – a sub-category of expatriates who share an ethnicity with host country employees – to showcase the role of identity, especially the interpersonal dynamics associated with ethnic similarity.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Areas: | A. > Business School > Leadership, Work and Organisations > Diversity and Gender group |
Item ID: | 31143 |
Notes on copyright: | © 2020. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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Depositing User: | Anne-Wil Harzing |
Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2020 16:36 |
Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2021 13:26 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/31143 |
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