TY - JOUR
T1 - Cosmopolitan career choices
T2 - a cross-cultural study of job candidates' expatriation willingness
AU - Froese, Fabian Jintae
AU - Jommersbach, Stefan
AU - Klautzsch, Erik
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Cosmopolitanism, i.e. openness to divergent cultural experiences, has become a desired characteristic of today's global managers. This study investigates the antecedents of cosmopolitanism and expatriation willingness as a final outcome. The results of surveys in Germany and South Korea demonstrate that cosmopolitanism is a strong predictor of job candidates' expatriation willingness. However, there are some differences in the antecedents of cosmopolitanism between the respondents from the two countries. Living and travelling abroad increase cosmopolitanism for Germans, whereas they have no effect on Koreans. For Germans, cosmopolitanism mediates the relationship between various international exposure variables and expatriation willingness. Explanations and practical implications are provided.
AB - Cosmopolitanism, i.e. openness to divergent cultural experiences, has become a desired characteristic of today's global managers. This study investigates the antecedents of cosmopolitanism and expatriation willingness as a final outcome. The results of surveys in Germany and South Korea demonstrate that cosmopolitanism is a strong predictor of job candidates' expatriation willingness. However, there are some differences in the antecedents of cosmopolitanism between the respondents from the two countries. Living and travelling abroad increase cosmopolitanism for Germans, whereas they have no effect on Koreans. For Germans, cosmopolitanism mediates the relationship between various international exposure variables and expatriation willingness. Explanations and practical implications are provided.
KW - Germany
KW - Korea
KW - cosmopolitanism
KW - cross-cultural management
KW - expatriation willingness
KW - job candidates
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U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2013.770782
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2013.770782
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84881660571
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 24
SP - 3247
EP - 3261
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 17
ER -