دانلود رایگان مقاله اهداف شغلی بیگانه: پیوندهای سازگاری شغلی و هوش فرهنگی

ABSTRACT

Given the increasing rate of global mobility, it is important to have a greater understanding of the factors that influence intentions for expatriate careers. Guided by Career Construction Theory and Intelligence Theory, this study takes the view that self-initiated expatriation as a form of global mobility is an adaptive vocational behavior driven by an individual’s selfregulatory capacity to thrive in another country and work to build one’s career. This study posits that individuals who want to work overseas rely mainly on their adaptive resources to develop their careers. Additionally, career adaptability, as a self-regulatory competency, is posited to be reinforced by an individual’s intercultural capability (i.e., cultural intelligence). To test these assertions, data were collected in a sample of university students (n=514) in the Philippines, a country reported to have high rates of overseas migration for economic and career-related reasons. Career adaptability was found to be positively and significantly related to overseas career intentions. In addition, cultural intelligence was found to moderate the said relationship. These results offer the groundwork for understanding the earlier stages of expatriate careers and, in particular, how the intention to have a career in another country is developed and influenced by the interaction between the self-regulatory characteristics and intercultural capability of individuals.

4. Discussion

4.1 Contribution Previous research works have examined the role of inherent demographic variables such as age and gender in determining expatriation intention (e.g., Tharenou, 2008; Selmer & Lauring, 2010). The current study contributes to the literature by investigating other individual-level factors that influence intention for expatriate careers particularly focusing on the early stages of career development (i.e., young adulthood stage). As Lee, Porfeli and Hirschi (2016) have asserted, the vocational process starts at childhood and becomes more salient at the young adult stage. Hence, an investigation of university students provided an avenue to examine the formation of intention for expatriate careers. The context in which this study was carried out (i.e., the Philippines) was suitable and appropriate given that the country has experienced high levels of self-initiated expatriation in recent years.