"Expatriate Employee Engagement: An Analysis of the Differences between" by Jeanne Marie Bril
 

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Expatriate Employee Engagement: An Analysis of the Differences between Cultures Using Hofstede’s National Culture Theory

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Keywords

Foreign workers; Employee motivation; Work--Social aspects; Academic theses;

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine expatriate employee engagement using Hofstede's 5 dimensions (individualism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and long-term orientation) of his national culture theory. The Kenexa Research Institute' s 4 question Employee Engagement Index was used to measure expatriate employee engagement (a= .888). Five t tests were conducted to answer the following hypotheses: (1) Collectivistic cultures will report higher levels of expatriate employee engagement than individualistic cultures, (2) Small power distant cultures will report higher levels of expatriate employee engagement than large power distant cultures, (3) Weak uncertainty avoidant cultures will report higher levels of expatriate employee engagement than strong uncertainty avoidant cultures, ( 4) Feminine cultures will report higher levels of expatriate employee engagement than masculine cultures, (5) Short-term orientated cultures will report higher levels of expatriate employee engagement than long-term oriented cultures. Exploratory analyses were conducted to determine predictors of expatriate employee engagement within the five dimensions. Predictors can be used to help organizations select expatriates to work in the respective cultural groups. Further organizational implications are discussed.

Year of Submission

2014

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Psychology

First Advisor

Michael Gasser

Second Advisor

Adam Butler

Third Advisor

Sunde Nesbit

Date Original

2014

Object Description

1 PDF file (72 leaves)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Electronic copy is not available through UNI ScholarWorks.

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