A comparative test of alternative models of international assignee job performance
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Reanalyzed W. Arthur and W. Bennett's (1995) data within the context of J. P. Campbell's (1990) theory of job performance in an attempt to further understand the factors underlying international assignee job performance in relatively long-term international assignments. Campbell's 8-factor model was tested against 4 alternative models of international assignee job performance. Although 8 factors were identified as hypothesized, the content and labels of these factors differed from those postulated by Campbell's theory. The 8 job performance factors in descending order of importance were Flexibility, Family Situation, Management/Administration, Integrity, Effort, Tolerance, Cross-Cultural Interest, and Openness. This factor structure was partially confirmed by demonstrating that 338 international assignees and 76 home office managers were similar in their importance ratings of the factors (i.e., how important they considered the extracted factors to be). The role of international assignees' nationality, the country to which they were assigned, and cultural distance (similarity between nationality and assigned country) were also investigated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
