Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam and Subramaniam, Chandrakantan and Nadarajah, Gunalan (2017) The effects of personal and organizational resources on work outcomes of expatriate academics. In: 6th International Conference On Social Sciences Research 2017, 4th December 2017, Melia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia..

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Abstract

Internationalization of higher education has created job opportunities for expatriate academics to explore international experience in many countries around the world.This has been case in Malaysia as well. With the aspiration to become regional educational hub by 2020, Malaysian universities have been actively recruiting foreign faculties as part of its internationalization strategy.This phenomena has posed greater challenge to human resource management of the respective universities.Drawing from job resources model and self-determination theory, this study aims to examine the effects of personal and organizational resources on the expatriate academics’ work outcomes.Effective expatriate academics will significantly contribute to the excellence of the universities in providing world-class education to its customers hence understanding the determinant factors of their work outcomes is imperative.A survey-based quantitative research using a sample of 152 expatriate academics employed in 20 Malaysian public universities revealed some important findings. Both the personal (cultural intelligence) and organizational resources (perceived organizational support) are found to be important determinants of expatriate academics’ work engagement and psychological needs satisfaction.The findings suggest that higher level of cultural intelligence and perceived organizational support may lead to greater work engagement and psychological needs satisfaction among expatriate academics. Few theoretical and practical implications can be concluded from this study especially in relation to international human resource management.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	E-ISBN: 978-967-0792-23-1
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Expatriate Academics, Cultural Intelligence, Perceived Organizational Support, Work Engagement, Psychological Needs Satisfaction
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	13 Feb 2018 03:47
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2018 03:47
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/23073

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