Title: A performance theory perspective on expatriate success: the role of self-efficacy and motivation

Authors: Arup Varma, Shaun Pichler, Soo Min Toh

Addresses: Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations, School of Business Administration, Loyola University Chicago, 1 E. Pearson Avenue, #406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. ' Department of Management, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92831, USA. ' Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6, Canada

Abstract: Previous research on the expatriate experience has identified several unique individual and organisational factors that influence success or failure on expatriate assignments. Adopting a performance theory perspective, we propose that these and other factors affect expatriate success through their impact on assignment self-efficacy and motivation. We present a new process model and several propositions to study success on expatriate assignments.

Keywords: expatriate success; performance theory; self-efficacy; motivation; human resources; expatriates; expats; process models.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2011.041114

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 2011 Vol.11 No.1, pp.38 - 50

Received: 11 Mar 2010
Accepted: 15 Oct 2010
Published online: 29 Oct 2014 *

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