The hygiene factors contributing to work satisfaction, interaction with locals and life satisfaction among Dell Expatriates in the Asia Pacific Region

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dc.contributor.authorNining Suhartini
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-11T08:31:06Z
dc.date.available2014-11-11T08:31:06Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionMasteren_US
dc.description.abstractThe professional development of expatriates has become increasingly important to transnational organizations over the past few decades. However, once expatriates arrive in the host country of their assignment, they are confronted with the “numerous kind of professional and personal challenges” of their career adding to the heightened level of uncertainty and stress in today’s rapidly changing business environment. Thus, in response to the changing global business environment and its sustainability the present study explores hygiene factors contributing to expatriates’ adjustment while working for a multinational company in the Asia Pacific Region. The objective of the present study is to explore the hygiene factors that contribute to expatriates’ adjustment process among expatriates working in Dell in terms of work satisfaction, interaction with local nationals and their life satisfaction. Hygiene factors which served as the independent variables maygive some pictures on the root cause of the attrition rates among Dell expatriates which keep increasing each year. A comprehensive conceptual framework is developed which consist expatriates adjustment as the dependent variable ( work satisfaction, interaction with local and life satisfaction), and Hygiene factors as independent variable which is consist of manager’s supervision, interpersonal relationship, working condition, salary, company and administrative policy, and job security. In the wake of conflicting findings from studies on expatriates’ adjustment, questionnaires were distributed among 120 Dell expatriates of five nationalities to gain new knowledge about adjustment. The findings of the present study show that hygiene factors have significant effect towards expatriates’ job satisfaction, interaction with local nationals and life satisfaction. Likewise the present study and the findings provides more comprehensive knowledge about whether and how hygiene factors are contributed to expatriate adjustment process. In practical term, the present study has implication regarding expatriate adjustment process in order to improve the chances of success and to retain talented individual in the international assignments.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/437
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectBusiness administrationen_US
dc.subjectHygiene factorsen_US
dc.subjectWork satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectLife satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectDell Expatriatesen_US
dc.titleThe hygiene factors contributing to work satisfaction, interaction with locals and life satisfaction among Dell Expatriates in the Asia Pacific Regionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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