Singh, Sanjay Kumar and Edward Pereira, Vijay and Mellahi, Kamel and Collings, David G (2021) Host country nationals characteristics and willingness to help self-initiated expatriates in the UAE. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32 (8). pp. 1707-1730. ISSN 0958-5192

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Abstract

This study investigates the role of host country nationals’ (HCNs) motivation to offer role information and social support in adjustment experience of self-initiated expatriates (SIEs). We draw on social identity theory and its variant, social categorization theory, to examine the determinants of support provided by HNCs to SEIs through survey data collected from 543 HCNs. The results of our study show that HCNs have a tendency to categorize SIEs based on certain salient characteristics, namely ethnocentrism and collectivism, whilst providing necessary role information and social support to the SIEs. Sociological Abstracts (pre-2017)

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Self-initiated expatriates (SIEs); host country nationals; social identity theory; social categorization theory; United; Arab Emirates;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	18345
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2018.1547778
Depositing User:	Sanjay Singh
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2024 09:01
Journal or Publication Title:	The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Publisher:	Routledge
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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