Working in the "Global Village": The influence of cultural intelligence on the intention to work abroad
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Working in the "Global Village" : The influence of cultural intelligence on the intention to work abroad. / Remhof, Stefan; Gunkel, Marjaana; Schlaegel, Christopher .
In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2013, p. 224-250.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Working in the "Global Village"
T2 - The influence of cultural intelligence on the intention to work abroad
AU - Remhof, Stefan
AU - Gunkel, Marjaana
AU - Schlaegel, Christopher
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Firms' international activities require an early identification of potential employees with an intention to work abroad. Based on social cognitive theory the current study examines the influence of prior international exposure and cultural intelligence on the individual intention to work abroad. In particular, we examine the influence of language skills, international experience, and networks abroad on the intention to work abroad through cultural intelligence and the moderating role of cultural distance on this mediated relationship. Utilizing a sample of 518 German business students we show that networks abroad have a direct influence on the intention to work abroad, while cultural intelligence fully mediates the relationship between language skills as well as international experience and the intention to work abroad. Cultural distance moderates this mediation for two of the four cultural intelligence dimensions.
AB - Firms' international activities require an early identification of potential employees with an intention to work abroad. Based on social cognitive theory the current study examines the influence of prior international exposure and cultural intelligence on the individual intention to work abroad. In particular, we examine the influence of language skills, international experience, and networks abroad on the intention to work abroad through cultural intelligence and the moderating role of cultural distance on this mediated relationship. Utilizing a sample of 518 German business students we show that networks abroad have a direct influence on the intention to work abroad, while cultural intelligence fully mediates the relationship between language skills as well as international experience and the intention to work abroad. Cultural distance moderates this mediation for two of the four cultural intelligence dimensions.
KW - Science of art
KW - Cultural distance
KW - Cultural intelligence
KW - Intention to work abroad
KW - International exposure
KW - Self expatriation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884574464&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1688/1862-0000_ZfP_2013_03_Remhof
DO - 10.1688/1862-0000_ZfP_2013_03_Remhof
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 27
SP - 224
EP - 250
JO - Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung
JF - Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung
SN - 0179-6437
IS - 3
ER -