Socio‐biographical Antecedents of Intercultural Effectiveness: The Neglected Factors1
指出，外派人员的行为、态度、认知和人格特质相似时，跨文化有效性仍可能因种族、年龄、国籍等社会传记背景因素而显著不同，呼吁学界重视这些被忽视的变量。
SUMMARY Behavioural, attitudinal, cognitive and personality traits factors have been recognized as the main determinants of intercultural effectiveness. This paper argues for the need to recognize the plausibility that expatriates having similar behavioural, attitudinal, cognitive and traits characteristics may vary significantly in their intercultural effectiveness. This is because some expatriates may be effective or ineffective by chance or birth (ascribed rather than achieved). Therefore expatriates' ‘socio‐biographical’ background, such as hisher ethnicity, age, nationality, educational qualification, profession (role) and religion, is noted as among the most significant factors that can impact on intercultural effectiveness. It is argued that these variables deserve serious attention given the diversity of expatriates from different national and ethnic backgrounds.