The effects of cultural intelligence and Vietnamese proficiency on expatriate adjustment in Vietnam

Nguyen Tran Dieu Dang and Nguyen Tran Nguyen Khai ()
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Nguyen Tran Dieu Dang: School of Business, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Nguyen Tran Nguyen Khai: School of Business, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 55-65

Abstract: The expatriate adjustment has been receiving more and more academic attention due to its increasing importance in globalization. There are many antecedents and outcomes of cross-cultural adjustment of expatriates. This research explores the relationships among Vietnamese proficiency, four dimensions of cultural intelligence, and expatriate adjustment. The study was conducted with data from 379 expatriates living/lived in Vietnam. The results reveal that Vietnamese proficiency and metacognitive cultural intelligence affect general adjustment indirectly through work and interaction adjustment. Meanwhile, cognitive cultural intelligence only a general adjustment but not the other two facets. The researcher also gives practical implications for corporations, international human resource management practitioners, and individual expatriates.

Keywords: cultural intelligence; expatriate; expatriate adjustment; host-country language proficiency; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.11.1.1922.2021

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