THE INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNEE: THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF FACTORS PERCEIVED TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESS
研究调查了338名来自不同国家和组织的国际外派人员，发现家庭状况、灵活性/适应性、工作知识与动机、关系技能和跨文化开放性五个因素对成功感知的重要性依次递减，且受组织类型影响。
The present study sought to empirically identify what factors are important for international assignee perceived success along with their relative importance. Subjects were 338 international assignees from diverse countries (nationality) and organizations, assigned to diverse countries, and performing diverse jobs. Five factors were identified and in a descending order of importance, these were Family Situation, Flexibility/Adaptability, Job Knowledge and Motivation, Relational Skills, and Extra‐Cultural Openness. Although importance ratings were not influenced by job type (managerial/nonmanagerial status), they were influenced by organizational type. In general, the pattern of importance ratings for service organization international assignees was different from those of international assignees from other organizational types. Furthermore, service organization international assignees ascribed more importance to relational and psycho‐social factors. The perceived relative importance of psycho‐social factors reported by the study's participants tends to suggest that more attention should be paid to these factors in the selection and training of international assignees.