Cultural distance and expatriate job satisfaction

Fabian Jintae Froese; Vesa Peltokorpi

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.10.002

Cultural distance and expatriate job satisfaction

Fabian Jintae Froese, Vesa Peltokorpi

Department of Business Administration

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Abstract

Despite its strong impact in domestic settings on job performance, organizational commitment, stress, and turnover intentions, job satisfaction has received little attention in the literature on expatriates. This paper analyzes the predictors of job satisfaction that may arise in an expatriate context. Drawing on the cultural distance perspective, we propose that the national cultural distance, supervisor's nationality, host-country language proficiency, expatriate type, and company nationality are important determinants of expatriate job satisfaction. Survey results from 148 expatriates in Japan demonstrate that national cultural distance, supervisor's nationality, and expatriate type have a statistically significant influence on expatriate job satisfaction. Theoretical and practical implications are provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-60
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.10.002
Publication status	Published - 2011 Jan

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Funding Information:
We would like to thank Dr. Dan Landis and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments regarding earlier versions of this manuscript. Financial support from Korea Research Foundation is gratefully acknowledged (research grant no. R0908341 ).

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Business and International Management
Social Psychology
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