TY - JOUR
T1 - Selecting expatriates in developing areas
T2 - "country-of-origin" effects in Tanzania?
AU - Carr, Stuart C.
AU - Rugimbanab, Robert O.
AU - Walkom, Emily
AU - Bolitho, Floyd H.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Developing areas may be better off recruiting their expatriates from within the developing rather than industrialised world, and we sought to assess preferences among organisations in one developing country, Tanzania. Ninety-six Bachelors of Commerce attending the University of Dar-es-Salaam indicated how local personnel managers would rank-order East African expatriates. Western expatriates, and fellow Tanzanians, as job candidates for a range of professional posts. Despite all candidates being described as equally well-trained, presentable, costly to employ, and relocatable, estimated preferences varied significantly across employee nationality; with East African but not Western expatriates tending to be less preferred than fellow Tanzanians. Such inverse resonance with expatriates from neighbouring countries is partly attributed to collectivistic values and colonial history, a combination that may recur and require management in developing areas elsewhere. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Developing areas may be better off recruiting their expatriates from within the developing rather than industrialised world, and we sought to assess preferences among organisations in one developing country, Tanzania. Ninety-six Bachelors of Commerce attending the University of Dar-es-Salaam indicated how local personnel managers would rank-order East African expatriates. Western expatriates, and fellow Tanzanians, as job candidates for a range of professional posts. Despite all candidates being described as equally well-trained, presentable, costly to employ, and relocatable, estimated preferences varied significantly across employee nationality; with East African but not Western expatriates tending to be less preferred than fellow Tanzanians. Such inverse resonance with expatriates from neighbouring countries is partly attributed to collectivistic values and colonial history, a combination that may recur and require management in developing areas elsewhere. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - expatriate selection
KW - regional development
KW - selection biases
KW - inverse resonance
KW - adjustment
KW - motivation
KW - culture
KW - malawi
U2 - 10.1016/S0147-1767(01)00015-3
DO - 10.1016/S0147-1767(01)00015-3
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 0147-1767
VL - 25
SP - 441
EP - 457
JO - International Journal of Intercultural Relations
JF - International Journal of Intercultural Relations
IS - 4
ER -