Openness in cross-cultural work settings: a multicountry study of expatriates

Anne-Grit Albrecht, Stephan Dilchert, Jürgen Deller, Frieder M Paulus

Abstract

Openness plays an important role in determining what kind of experiences individuals seek out not only in their personal lives, but also in work environments. The objectives of this study were (a) to examine the influence of openness and its facets on the decision to work abroad and (b) to study whether employees' openness relates to cross-cultural adjustment as well as job and life satisfaction. We investigated these questions among a sample of 2,096 expatriates. In addition to self-reports of openness and cross-cultural adjustment, ratings of subjects' adjustment were also obtained from 928 knowledgeable others. The openness facets of actions, ideas, and values appear to be good predictors of acceptance of international assignments. In addition, global Openness and its facets Openness to actions and feelings relate to self- and other ratings of cross-cultural adjustment.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftJournal of personality assessment
Jahrgang96
Ausgabenummer1
Seiten (von - bis)64-75
Seitenumfang12
ISSN0022-3891
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2014

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