Impact of Work and Interactive Adjustment on Expatriate Job Performance

Abstract

Business modernization initiated by the encroachment in technology and transportation has facilitated an enabling environment for the expansion of organization beyond national boundaries, which has led to intensification in business partnership and multinational operations through international subsidiaries. The most common challenges encountered by expatriates are work and Interactive adjustment during international assignment. There are two main prime challenges encountered by expatriates, which are work adjustment consisting of the expatriate openness to adapt in a different work environment and secondly interactive adjustment which mainly involves communication and native language of host country. Past studies have examined the effects of the big five and individual factors on expatriate performance, but they have ignored the role of expatriate adjustment in terms of work, general, and interaction adjustment. Though expatriate adjustment and job performance are linked to each other logically, it still lacks empirical evidence. This paper aims to cover this gap. Data were gathered through questionnaires. The questionnaire has six sections for each of the construct. The respondents exclusively included the expatriates from the education industry. The findings proved that work and interactive adjustment are essential and equally important as sociability and openness (acceptance) to increase job performance.