2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Antecedents of Expatriate Cross-Cultural Adjustment and the Mechanisms of its Influence on Employee Outcomes
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20K13555
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| Research Institution | Okayama University |
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Principal Investigator |
GONG YUANYUAN 岡山大学, グローバル人材育成院, 准教授 (70827493)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | emotion regulation / employee emotions / overqualification / task performance / withdrawal behaviors / surface acting / OCB |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In FY 2022, the principal investigator (PI) authored five articles in prestigious international peer-reviewed journals, significantly advancing the domains of emotions and cross-cultural studies. These publications explored themes such as firm internationalization, employee emotions, and coping mechanisms across diverse industries.
The first paper emphasized the role of corporate social responsibility as a determinant of firm internationalization. In the second paper, it was revealed that the pressure on employees to exhibit citizenship behaviors impacts their health and task performance within healthcare organizations. The third study determined that employees who perceive themselves as overqualified experience emotions of shame and anger, leading to work withdrawal, employee silence, and pro-job unethical behavior within a Chinese context. The fourth article posited that emotional regulation serves as an efficacious strategy for hotel staff to counter ongoing customer mistreatment. Lastly, the fifth paper provided valuable insights into assisting employees in adapting to technology-intensive work environments.
Collectively, these papers hold significant implications for both researchers and practitioners across various sectors, offering guidance on how to facilitate employee adjustment in order to achieve favorable outcomes.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The project is moving forward smoothly as planned.
The first phase entails examining expatriate cross-cultural adjustment through the lens of emotions, resulting in a publication in the Asia Pacific Journal of Management.
The second stage involves investigating the contextual factors that shape individual behaviors, which has culminated in three papers published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Management and the Review of Managerial Science.
The third and final stage focuses on analyzing the psychological and behavioral consequences of employees' emotion regulation activities across various industries. To date, four articles have been published in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Health Organization and Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, and Computers in Human Behavior.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
As there are still several papers under the review process, the primary focus in 2023 is to progress current projects by refining models, drafting manuscripts, and submitting and revising journal articles. Recent findings will be disseminated to international and domestic research communities through formal and informal discussions, conferences, seminars, workshops, and publications.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Domestic and international travelling in previous years were canceled due to the COVID-19, leaving a substantial amount of budget surplus for traveling. The on-site research activities are expected to gradually resume in FY2023, which will incur more costs on domestic and international traveling and proofreading services.
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Research Products
(7 results)
