The Impacts of Perceived Cultural Similarity and Repatriation Adjustment on Turnover Intention- Examining the Moderating Effects of Expatriation Duration and Job Deprivation Perception

• Main Authors: Liu, Yun-Tsung, 劉昀宗
• Other Authors: Chen, Huei-Fang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55v862

碩士 === 東吳大學 === 國際經營與貿易學系 === 101 === The repatriation of expatriates is like a double-edged sword. Armed with international expertise and professional experiences, repatriates can bring a competitive advantage to a multinational company. If repatriates can not fit to the headquarters working environment, they may choose to leave the company and cause lots of risk and loss to the company. To uncover the factors affecting repatriate turnover intention is an important step to retain global talents and maintain a competitive advantage for the company. The major purpose of this thesis is to test the impacts of perceived cultural similarity and repatriation adjustment on turnover intention. Moreover, this study combines identity theory and relative deprivation theory to test the moderating effect of expatriation duration and job deprivation perception. This study collected 223 valid samples for analysis. Regression analysis results indicate that a repatriate’s perceived cultural similarity has a significant positive impact on repatriation adjustment. Repatriation adjustment has a significant positive impact on turnover intention. However, the moderating effect of expatriation duration is not supported. Contrary to the previous hypothesis, the job deprivation perception has a enhancing moderating effect on the relationship between repatriation adjustment and turnover intention. The contributions of this research include academic and practical. On the academic side, it enriches repatriation literature by demonstrating the relationship among perceived cultural similarity, repatriation adjustment, and turnover intention. Moreover, job deprivation perception does play an important role as a moderator. On the practical side, it provides evidence to highlight the importance of repatriation adjustment and job deprivation perception to the prevention of repatriate turnover intention.