Taking Stock and Construct Cleanup: A Conceptual Framework to Understand Host Country Nationals’ Supportive Behaviors Toward Expatriates
整合了东道国国民支持行为的零散文献，提出信息、工具和情感支持三维概念框架，并用中国跨国公司的742名员工数据验证其结构及前因，为后续研究提供清晰的理论基础和测量工具。
Abstract The existing literature on host country national (HCN) supportive behaviors is fragmented, with substantial confusion surrounding how these supportive behaviors are conceptualized and measured. In this study, we first offered an integrative review of the existing literature to illustrate this problem. We then proposed a conceptual framework, featured by three dimensions of informational, instrumental, and emotional support, to integrate the diverse range of HCN supportive behaviors by drawing on the social support literature. Furthermore, we empirically tested this framework, examining its factorial structure as well as its nomological network with a series of antecedents including HCN personality, HCN–expatriate relationships, and HCN motives. Using multi-wave data collected from 742 HCNs employed by multinational companies operating in China, we found that different dimensions of HCN supportive behaviors are distinct, and there are unique antecedents to predict the different dimensions. Our study establishes a theoretical foundation for integrating the various HCN supportive behaviors and offers much-enhanced clarity regarding their commonalities and differences. It also generates a validated psychological measure that comprehensively assesses HCN supportive behaviors which can be easily adopted by future researchers.