National culture and expatriate deployment

David M. Brock; Oded Shenkar; Amir Shoham; Ilene C. Siscovick

doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400361

National culture and expatriate deployment

David M. Brock, Oded Shenkar, Amir Shoham, Ilene C. Siscovick

Department of Business Administration

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Abstract

We hypothesize that expatriate deployment is a control function predicted by home country culture dimensions with transaction cost and agency repercussions (rather than culture in the aggregate). This departure from the traditional conceptualization and measurement of cultural impact also yields a hypothesized asymmetrical effect, which is tested for a multi-country sample of 236 multinational subsidiaries. Using multiple measures of national culture, hypotheses are supported, with assertiveness and power distance confirmed as prime predictors of expatriate deployment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1293-1309
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of International Business Studies
Volume	39
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400361
State	Published - 1 Jan 2008

Keywords

Asymmetrical culture distance
Expatriates
Power distance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business and International Management
General Business, Management and Accounting
Economics and Econometrics
Strategy and Management
Management of Technology and Innovation

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