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Antecedents and Consequences of Host Country Mangers' Acculturative Stress in MNC Subsidiaries in Korea

한국 내 다국적기업 자회사 현지 관리자가 겪는 문화적응 스트레스의 선행요인과 결과

  • Chi-Yeon You (Sogang Business School, Sogang University) ;
  • Jun-Young Bae (International Commerce, Pukyong National University)
  • 유치연 (서강대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 배준영 (부경대학교 국제통상학부)
  • Received : 2020.03.27
  • Accepted : 2020.04.25
  • Published : 2020.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the antecedents and consequences of host country managers (HCMs)' acculturative stress in multinational corporation (MNC) subsidiaries in Korea. We suggest that HCMs' national identification (NI) positively and organizational identification (OI) negatively influence on the HCMs' acculturative stress. In addition, we propose that HCMs' OI negatively moderate the relationship between HCMs' NI and acculturative stress. Moreover, we hypothesize a negative relationship between HCMs' acculturative stress and work engagement. To test these hypotheses, we performed hierarchical regression analysis and mediation analysis of 643 HCMs in 60 MNC subsidiaries that originate from 11 countries. Results of analyses revealed that all the hypotheses were supported except H1 (positive relationship between HCMs' NI and acculturative stress). The present findings provide theoretical and managerial implications, and we provide suggestion for future research.

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This research was supported by the academic research fund(2019) through Korea Sanhak Foundation.

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