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is further proposed that subsidiary knowledge stock mediates the relationship between expatriate utilization and
subsidiary operating performance. Research implications are discussed. (For more information, please contact:
Subhajit Chakraborty, University of Texas-Pan American, USA: schakraborty1@utpa.edu)
Exploring City Attractiveness: Drivers to Work in a Southeast Asian City
Michael Dickmann, Cranfield University
Jean-Luc Cerdin, ESSEC Business School
Within the boundaryless career framework, the decision to work in a particular location is under-researched.
This paper explores the city attractiveness and career drivers of individual working domestic or foreign nationals
in a prominent Southeast Asian capital. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted to explore the attraction
factors of living and working in the particular location. The data enabled us to distinguish the drivers of
domestic citizens from foreign expatriates. The findings give detail to what are the specific national and
regional, location, career and development, family and friends, organizational and individual career
considerations that individuals consider when deciding to work in this South East Asian city. In a global ‘war for
talent' between cities, the Southeast Asian city had developed instruments to reduce barriers to entry (friendly
immigration policies) or re-entry while attempting to bind people more closely to the city. While legal career
barriers to work internationally may diminish, cities seem to work on increasing their attractiveness and,
thereby, creating psychological, regulatory, network-based and cultural links that may serve as boundaries to
careers. A number of managerial and theoretical implications are explored. (For more information, please
contact: Michael Dickmann, Cranfield University, United Kingdom: m.dickmann@cranfield.ac.uk)
Intent to Become an Expatriate: An Application Of Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior and the Role of Gender
in the United States, Russia and Turkey
Robert Louis Engle, Quinnipiac University
Nikolay Dimitriadi, Rostov State Economic University
Ekrem Tatoglu, Bahcesehir University
Using a sample of 575 subjects in Russia, Turkey and the United States a model of expatriate intention was
developed using Ajzen's theory of planned behavior. Model variables included attitude towards the behavior,
social norms, and perceived self-efficacy, as well as a number of control variables including gender. The model
was operationalized with an emphasis on cultural adaptability and results suggested that the model explained
44% of the variance in job intention with 48% of the variance explained in the U.S., 41% explained in Turkey,
and 25% explained in Russia. The social norms model element was constructed using three distinct social
groups and this model antecedent on intention had the greatest overall impact across all countries, followed by
attitude, and with gender explaining a small but significant percentage of the variance. The interaction between
social groups, gender, and job intention was also explored with potentially important implications for both
research and practice. (For more information, please contact: Robert Louis Engle, Quinnipiac University, USA:
robert.engle@quinnipiac.edu)
Session: 3.3.9 - Competitive
Track: 11 - SMEs and Entrepreneurship
The Critical Role of Capabilities in Entrepreneurial Firms
Presented On: July 3, 2012 - 13:00-14:15
Chair: Peter W. Liesch, University of Queensland
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