INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES AND JOB SATISFACTION OF EXPATRIATES: THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING
Jing Wang
Lecturer, Ph.D. School of International Business,
Tan Kahkee College, Xiamen University, P.R.C.
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ChunI Chen
Professor, Ph.D. Department of Industrial Management,
I-Shou University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Ying Liu
Lecturer, Msc. School of International Business,
Tan Kahkee College, Xiamen University, P.R.C.
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Daniel Barkley
Lecturer, Ph.D. School of International Business,
Tan Kahkee College, Xiamen University, P.R.C.
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Chuan-Cheng Wu*
Professor, Ph.D. School of International Business,
Tan Kahkee College, Xiamen University, P.R.C.
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Abstract
Foreign assignments are difficult as there are many intercultural challenges. However, psychological stress as a critical factor in the expatriate’s adjustment to the host culture has received less attention from scholars and practitioners. This research adopted data collected from 285 Chinese expatriates working in Thailand to examine the mediating role of positive psychological well-being on the relationship between intercultural competences and job satisfaction. We identify intercultural communication competence and interpersonal skills and intercultural cognition competence as two core dimensions of intercultural competence. The result reveals that intercultural cognitive competence and intercultural communication and interpersonal skill are significantly and positively impact on job satisfaction and positive psychological well-being completely mediates the association between intercultural communication and interpersonal skill and job satisfaction. The current research has a potential to deepen intercultural competence theory, particularly, to confirm the mediating effect of positive psychological well-being between intercultural competences and job satisfaction of expatriates.
Key Words: Intercultural competences, Positive psychological well-being, Job Satisfaction, Structural equation model, Expatriates
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