Mentoring in International Assignments: A Personality Traits Perspective
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In: Employee Relations, Vol. 39, No. 7, 06.2017, p. 1100-1130.
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T1 - Mentoring in International Assignments
T2 - A Personality Traits Perspective
AU - Schuster, Tassilo
AU - Ambrosius, Judith
AU - Bader, Benjamin
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of personality and mentorship on expatriates’ psychological well-being. The authors argue that certain personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience) have positive effects on expatriates’ psychological well-being and that these personality traits enable them to derive a greater benefit from mentorship. By doing so, this study identifies for which personality traits which type of mentoring (home orhost country mentor) is most beneficial.Design/methodology/approach – Based on socioanalytic theory, the authors develop theory-driven hypotheses and test them against data of 334 expatriates.Findings – The study shows that several personality traits as well as home country mentorship have a significant positive impact on psychological well-being, whereas host country mentorship shows no significant positive effects. Moreover, the study indicates that home and host country mentorship partiallymoderates the relationship between personality traits and psychological well-being.Originality/value – Since the authors derive important implications for the selection process of expatriates as well as for the implementation of mentoring in multinational corporations, this study is of value for researchers and practitioners in the areas of human resource management and organizational studies.
AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of personality and mentorship on expatriates’ psychological well-being. The authors argue that certain personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience) have positive effects on expatriates’ psychological well-being and that these personality traits enable them to derive a greater benefit from mentorship. By doing so, this study identifies for which personality traits which type of mentoring (home orhost country mentor) is most beneficial.Design/methodology/approach – Based on socioanalytic theory, the authors develop theory-driven hypotheses and test them against data of 334 expatriates.Findings – The study shows that several personality traits as well as home country mentorship have a significant positive impact on psychological well-being, whereas host country mentorship shows no significant positive effects. Moreover, the study indicates that home and host country mentorship partiallymoderates the relationship between personality traits and psychological well-being.Originality/value – Since the authors derive important implications for the selection process of expatriates as well as for the implementation of mentoring in multinational corporations, this study is of value for researchers and practitioners in the areas of human resource management and organizational studies.
KW - Management studies
KW - Expatriates
KW - Mentoring
KW - personality traits
KW - International assignments
KW - Psychological well-being
U2 - 10.1108/ER-09-2016-0180
DO - 10.1108/ER-09-2016-0180
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 39
SP - 1100
EP - 1130
JO - Employee Relations
JF - Employee Relations
SN - 0142-5455
IS - 7
ER -