臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

This study examined the influence of personality traits and training on cross cultural adjustment and performance of expatriates in Taiwan. This study has conducted using data collection of 150 expatriates in the Taiwan. The data were analyzed with both SPSS and IBM AMOS version 21 statistical software packages. The findings shown there is significant direct relation between personality traits and cross cultural adjustment. It was found that the cross – cultural adjustment have influenced on expatriates’ performance positively. The researchers found the positive role of cross cultural adjustment as a mediator effect between personality traits and expatriate performance.

Key words: Cross–cultural adjustment, Expatriate performance, Personality traits, Training, Taiwan

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I
ABSTRACT II
CONTENTS III
LIST OF TABLES V
LIST OF FIGURES VI
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. RESEARCH BACKGROUND 1
1.2. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 4
1.3. CONTRIBUTION OF STUDY 4
1.4. RESEARCH STRUCTURE 4
CHAPTER II. LITERATURE REVIEW 4
2.1. CROSS CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT 5
2.1.1. General adjustment……………………………………………………………...5
2.1.2. Interaction adjustment…………………………………………………………..5
2.1.3. Work adjustment………………………………………………………………….5
2.2. PERSONALITY TRAITS 6
2.3. EXPATRIATE PERFORMANCE 8
2.3.1. Contextual performance………………………………………………………..9
2.3.2. Task performance………………………………………………………………..9
2.4. TRAINING 9
2.5. HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT 12
2.5.1. Personality traits and cross cultural adjustment…………………………..12
2.5.2. Cross cultural adjustment and expatriate performance…………………..14
2.5.3. Training and cross cultural adjustment……………………………………..14
2.5.4. Training and expatriate performance:……………………………………...15
CHAPTER III. METHODOLOGY 18
3.1. RESEARCH DESIGN 18
3.2. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE 18
3.2. DATA ANALYSIS 19
3.3. MEASURES 19
3.4. SAMPLE: 23
CHAPTER IV. RESEARCH RESULTS AND ANALYSIS 24
4.1 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 24
4.2. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS 28
4.2.1 Personality Traits………………………………………………………………...28
4.2.2 Cross cultural adjustment……………………………………………………….32
4.2.3 Performance………………………………………………………………………33
4.2.4 Training……………………………………………………………………………35
4.3 RELIABILITY ANALYSIS 37
4.4. FACTOR ANALYSIS 40
4.5. CONFIRMATORY FACTORY ANALYSIS…………………………………………..42
4.6. SEM ANALYSIS………………………………………….........................50
4.7. ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS……………………………………………….....56
4.7.1. Confirmatory Factory Analysis (CFA) by self-evaluated………………….56
4.7.2. SEM Analysis…………………………………………………………………...60
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 67
5.1. CONCLUSION 67
5.2. DISCUSSION 68
5.3. RECOMMENDATION 69
5.4. LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH 71
BIOBLIOGRAPHY 72
APPENDIX

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