Goodbye Germany! The influence of personality and cognitive factors on the intention to work abroad
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Standard
In: The International Journal of Human Resource Management , Vol. 25, No. 16, 08.09.2014, p. 2319-2343.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Goodbye Germany! The influence of personality and cognitive factors on the intention to work abroad
AU - Remhof, Stefan
AU - Gunkel, Marjaana
AU - Schlaegel, Christopher
PY - 2014/9/8
Y1 - 2014/9/8
N2 - The demand for internationally mobile employees is increasing with globalization. Being able to assess an employee's intention to work abroad already at the stage of hiring becomes an important criteria for employee selection. Cognitions specified by the theory of planned behavior (TPB) were examined as mediators of the relationship between individuals' personality traits and the intention to work abroad. Utilizing a sample of 518 German business students, mediation analysis suggests that the cognitive constructs contained within the TPB fully mediate the relationships between the personality traits of openness to experience and extraversions and the intention to work abroad.
AB - The demand for internationally mobile employees is increasing with globalization. Being able to assess an employee's intention to work abroad already at the stage of hiring becomes an important criteria for employee selection. Cognitions specified by the theory of planned behavior (TPB) were examined as mediators of the relationship between individuals' personality traits and the intention to work abroad. Utilizing a sample of 518 German business students, mediation analysis suggests that the cognitive constructs contained within the TPB fully mediate the relationships between the personality traits of openness to experience and extraversions and the intention to work abroad.
KW - Cultural studies
KW - cultural intelligence
KW - expatriation
KW - intention to work abroad
KW - personality traits
KW - theory of planned behavior
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84900855733&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2014.884613
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2014.884613
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 25
SP - 2319
EP - 2343
JO - The International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - The International Journal of Human Resource Management
SN - 0958-5192
IS - 16
ER -