Goodbye Germany! The influence of personality and cognitive factors on the intention to work abroad

The demand for internationally mobile employees is increasing with globalization. Being able to assess an employee's intention to work abroad already at the stage of hiring becomes an important criteria for employee selection. Cognitions specified by the theory of planned behavior (TPB) were ex...

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Published in:	International journal of human resource management Vol. 25; no. 16; pp. 2319 - 2343
Main Authors:	Remhof, Stefan, Gunkel, Marjaana, Schlaegel, Christopher
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Routledge 08-09-2014 Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects:	Cognitive models cultural intelligence Employees Expatriate employees expatriation Germany Globalization intention to work abroad Personality Personality traits Personnel management Personnel selection Recruitment Studies theory of planned behavior Work place Germany
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Summary:	The demand for internationally mobile employees is increasing with globalization. Being able to assess an employee's intention to work abroad already at the stage of hiring becomes an important criteria for employee selection. Cognitions specified by the theory of planned behavior (TPB) were examined as mediators of the relationship between individuals' personality traits and the intention to work abroad. Utilizing a sample of 518 German business students, mediation analysis suggests that the cognitive constructs contained within the TPB fully mediate the relationships between the personality traits of openness to experience and extraversions and the intention to work abroad.
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ISSN:	0958-5192 1466-4399
DOI:	10.1080/09585192.2014.884613