Abstract
Sustainable expatriation management is an important topic in cross-cultural research as it is pertaining to finding a ‘win-win’ managerial approach for improving multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) performance and expatriates’ satisfaction. Drawing upon the ability-motivation-opportunity framework, this study proposes ability-, motivation- and opportunity-attributes as a tripod of expatriate competence-enhancing practices (EC-Ps). Via a matched survey dataset from both 150 expatriates and their headquarters (HQs) managers, we examine the influences of adopting expatriate competence-enhancing practices on MNEs’ subsidiary performance and expatriate satisfaction. We also identify a sequential mediation mechanism of cross-cultural competence and subsidiary autonomy in-between the relationships. Important contributions for theory and practice are discussed.
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