Interactive impact of ethnic distance and cultural familiarity on the perceived effects of free trade agreements

Russel Kingshott (), Piyush Sharma (), Peter Hosie () and Nebojsa Davcik ()
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Russel Kingshott: Curtin University
Piyush Sharma: Curtin University
Peter Hosie: Central Queensland University Australia
Nebojsa Davcik: Instituto Universitario de Lisboa (ISCTE – IUL)

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2019, vol. 36, issue 1, No 7, 135-160

Abstract: Abstract Past research on free trade agreements (FTAs) mostly uses an economic perspective to assess their impact on the level of trade and investments between nations. As a result, there is a distinct paucity of research on the perceptions of employees and managers in organizations affected by FTAs, towards the likely outcomes of those FTAs. We address this gap by using the context of recently signed China-Australia free trade agreement (ChAFTA) to develop a multidimensional scale for the perceived advantages and disadvantages of FTAs. Drawing on social identity theory and the similarly-attraction paradigm we also show direct and interactive effects of perceived ethnic distance (between home and partner country) and cultural familiarity (with the FTA partner country) on these perceived outcomes of FTAs. Our findings highlight the need to look beyond the economic perspective and consider a much broader range of perceived outcomes of FTAs.

Keywords: Advantages; Cultural familiarity; Disadvantages; Employees; Ethnic distance; Free trade agreement; FTA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s10490-018-9581-0

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