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Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success

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Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. / Wiernik, Brenton M.; Albrecht, Anne-Grit; Dilchert, Stephan et al.
Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains. ed. / Brenton M. Wiernik; Heiko Rüger; Deniz S. Ones. Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, 2018. p. 195-208 (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft; Vol. 50).

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Harvard

Wiernik, BM, Albrecht, A-G, Dilchert, S, Deller, J, Ones, DS & Paulus, FM 2018, Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. in BM Wiernik, H Rüger & DS Ones (eds), Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains. Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft, vol. 50, Verlag Babara Budrich, Opladen, pp. 195-208.

APA

Wiernik, B. M., Albrecht, A.-G., Dilchert, S., Deller, J., Ones, D. S., & Paulus, F. M. (2018). Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. In B. M. Wiernik, H. Rüger, & D. S. Ones (Eds.), Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains (pp. 195-208). (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft; Vol. 50). Verlag Babara Budrich.

Vancouver

Wiernik BM, Albrecht AG, Dilchert S, Deller J, Ones DS, Paulus FM. Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. In Wiernik BM, Rüger H, Ones DS, editors, Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains. Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich. 2018. p. 195-208. (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft).

Bibtex

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abstract = "Local language proficiency is often regarded as a key enabling factor for expatriate success. In this study, we use data from the iGOES project to examine how language proficiency contributes to expatriate outcomes. Language proficiency is negligibly to weakly related to most outcomes, but does show positive relations with interaction adjustment. Moderator analyses support the interpretation of this relation as reflecting increased comfort from being able to communicate effectively, rather than reflecting cultural engagement or social inclusion effects. Overall, results indicate that local language proficiency can contribute to expatriate comfort, but is not absolutely necessary for expatriate success.",
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