The comparative roles of home and host supervisors in the expatriate experience
研究母国和东道国主管对外派员工成功的影响，发现东道国主管更影响短期适应和任务完成，母国主管更影响长期职业感知，原因在于母国主管更看重专业发展。
Abstract This study investigates the impact of home and host supervisors on expatriate success. Using survey and archival data on 206 expatriates of a large U.S. professional services firm, we hypothesize that high‐quality leader‐member exchange (LMX) relationships with home and host supervisors have different outcomes. Relationships with host‐country supervisors have greater influence on in‐country and short‐term outcomes, including adjustment and intentions to complete the assignment. Home‐country supervisors, on the other hand, have a greater influence over expatriates' subjective fit with their jobs and longer‐term perceptions of how the overseas assignment will impact their career. Using a separate survey of home and host supervisors at the same firm, we found that one reason that home and host supervisors infl uence expatriates differently may be because home supervisors are more likely to see professional development as a goal for expatriate assignments. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.