Yabanci yoneticilere yonelik tutumlar : Bir ölçeğin geliştirilmesi

In this study a measure for assessment of host country nationals? attitudes towards expatriates (ATEX) was developed. The study consisted of four phases. In the first phase, in-depth interviews with 10 expatriates and 15 host country nationals (HCNs) were conducted and items of ATEX were generated based on the interview outcomes. In the second phase, the 60-item version of ATEX was filled out by 198 HCN participants for potential expatriate managers assigned from developed countries to developing countries. Following the analysis of results, item elimination was conducted. In the third phase, the remaining 34 items of ATEX were evaluated by 44 participants as positive or negative attributes of expatriates. In the main study, 228 participants filled out a questionnaire including 34-item version of ATEX. Personality, ethnocentrism, universal-diverse orientation, preference to work with expatriates and intention to provide social support to expatriates were also assessed through this questionnaire. After factor analyses, final version of ATEX was reduced to 24 items which loaded on to five factors. ATEX correlated significantly with openness to experience, extraversion, universal-diverse orientation and ethnocentrism. These correlations provided support for the convergent validity of ATEX. Discriminant validity of ATEX was supported by two findings. Having previous work experience with expatriates led to positive attitudes towards expatriates and quality of the experience correlated with ATEX. Criterion-related validity was supported by the findings that intention to provide social support to expatriates and preference to work with expatriate managers correlated with ATEX. Since there was lack of such a measure in expatriation literature, ATEX has the potential to be a reference point for further research on this issue and contribute to practitioners by providing them information about specific areas that require training for expatriates and HCNs.