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Host country nationals characteristics and willingness to help self-initiated expatriates in the UAE

Singh, Sanjay Kumar ORCID: 0000-0001-7651-5009, Pereira, Vijay Edward ORCID: 0000-0001-6755-0793, Mellahi, Kamel and Collings, David G. ORCID: 0000-0003-1252-7080 (2018) Host country nationals characteristics and willingness to help self-initiated expatriates in the UAE. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32 (8). pp. 1707-1730. ISSN 0958-5192

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Abstract

This study investigates the role of host country nationals' (HCNs) motivation to offer role information and social support in adjustment experience of self-initiated expatriates (SIEs). We draw on social identity theory (SIT) and its variant, social categorization theory (SCT), to examine the determinants of support provided by HNCs to SEIs through survey data collected from 543 HCNs. The results of our study show that HCNs have a tendency to categorize SIEs based on certain salient characteristics, namely ethnocentrism and collectivism, whilst providing necessary role information and social support to the SIEs.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Self-initiated expatriates (SIEs); Host country nationals; Social identity theory; Social categorization theory; United Arab Emirates
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2018.1547778
Copyright Information:© 2018 Taylor & Francis
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:22854
Deposited On:20 Feb 2019 10:21 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 29 Jun 2021 11:22

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