Increasing Work Performance of Chinese Expatriates in the MENA: The effects of Cultural Intelligence, Grit, and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction

Fenglin Zhai and Yiwen Chen ()
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Fenglin Zhai: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology
Yiwen Chen: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology

A chapter in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Economic Management and Big Data Application (ICEMBDA 2024), 2024, pp 106-119 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study explored the mechanism of cultural intelligence’s impact on increasing work performance (work engagement, task performance, job satisfaction and turnover intention) of Chinese expatriates working in the Middle East and North Africa (the MENA) by introducing basic psychological need satisfaction and grit as mediating and moderating role respectively. Data comes from an online survey distributed to 319 Chinese expatriates working in the MENA. The results show that CQ significantly and positively predicted work engagement, task performance and job satisfaction. Basic psychological need satisfaction acts as mediating factor in the mechanism of CQ’s influence on increasing work performance. However, only when Chinese expatriates working in the MENA score high in the perseverance of efforts, one dimension of grit, CQ can promote work performance by satisfying their basic psychological needs.

Keywords: Cultural intelligence; grit; basic psychological need satisfaction; work performance; Chinese expatriates working in the MENA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-638-3_12

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