The Relationships among Expatriate Regulatory Foci, Expatriate Mentoring and Intention to Leave

• Main Authors: Chun-Jhen Li, 李純真
• Other Authors: 劉春初
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/s73rc3

碩士 === 長榮大學 === 高階管理碩士在職專班(EMBA) === 105 === The high turnover rate of repatriates is a major challenge faced by international human resource managers and has also become a topic that has captured the attention of expatriate scholars. However, the studies of expatriates’ intention to leave are rarely explored. This study investigates the effects of expatriates’ regulatory foci and mentoring on their intention to leave, and explores the effects of expatriates’ regulatory foci on expatriate mentoring. This study uses regression analyses to test three hypotheses. Analytical results from 227 expatriates of international companies are summarized as follows: (1) the stronger expatriates’ promotion focus and prevention focus are, the lower expatriates’ intention to leave will be; (2) the stronger expatriates’ perceived mentoring are, the lower expatriates’ intention to leave will be; (3) the stronger expatriates’ promotion focus and prevention focus are, the stronger expatriates’ perceived mentoring will be. According to analytical results, this study suggests multinational corporations to recruit candidates with high scores in promotion focus and prevention focus. In other hand, in order to reduce expatriates’ intention to leave and strengthen their mentoring, multinational corporations may assign expatriates’ mentors to participate in expatriate training programs. The main contributions of this work are the development of theoretical framework on the relationships among expatriates’ regulatory foci, mentoring and intention to leave.