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When and why host country nationals give advice to expatriates: A relational work context perspective

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  • Kang, Haiying
  • Wang, Ying
  • Wu, Chia-Huei
  • Shaffer, Margaret A.

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This study advances our understanding of how a relational work context can promote host country nationals’ (HCNs’) advice-giving behavior. Drawing from social interdependence theory and relational signalling theory, we develop a multilevel model to demonstrate how task interdependence and expatriate advice seeking can jointly influence HCNs’ advice giving. Using data from 795 HCNs nested within 159 expatriates, we find that at the HCN level (Level 1), task interdependence facilitates HCNs’ prosocial motivation and advice-giving behavior. Also, at the expatriate level (Level 2), task interdependence facilitates expatriates’ advice-seeking behavior, which further has a cross-level interaction effect with HCNs’ task interdependence in predicting HCNs’ prosocial motivation and ultimate advice-seeking behavior. We discuss the implications for theory and practice.

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  • Kang, Haiying & Wang, Ying & Wu, Chia-Huei & Shaffer, Margaret A., 2024. "When and why host country nationals give advice to expatriates: A relational work context perspective," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(6).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:iburev:v:33:y:2024:i:6:s0969593124000854
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102338
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