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Chinese Host Country Nationals' Willingness to Support Expatriates

The Role of Collectivism, Interpersonal Affect and Guanxi

Arup Varma

School of Business Administration, Loyola University Chicago, USA, avarma{at}luc.edu

Shaun Pichler

School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University, USA, shaunpichler{at}gmail.com

Pawan Budhwar

Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK, p.s.budhwar{at}aston.ac.uk

Soumendu Biswas

Xavier Institute of Social Sciences, Ranchi, India, sbiswas{at}mdi.ac.in

The willingness of host country nationals (HCNs) to provide support to the expatriate has received a lot of attention in the literature on international assignments. Surprisingly, though, the number of empirical studies examining this relationship is extremely limited. This study examines the role of HCNs' collectivistic orientation, interpersonal affect, and guanxi in relation to their willingness to support expatriates. Using data from 212 HCNs in China, it is found that HCNs' perceived relationship quality with the expatriate has a significant impact on their willingness to provide assistance, both role information and social support, to expatriates. Further, it is found that relationship quality is related to perceived cultural similarity. The results reinforce the importance of paying attention to the perceptions and reactions of HCNs towards expatriates. Implications of the findings are discussed, and suggestions are offered for future research.

Key Words: expatriates • host country nationals • role information • social categorization • social support

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 9, No. 2, 199-216 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1470595808101155
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