Título: | BRINGING HUMILITY TO GLOBAL MOBILITY | ||||||||||||
Autor: |
SYLVIA FREITAS MELLO |
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Colaborador(es): |
PATRICIA AMELIA TOMEI - Orientador |
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Catalogação: | 26/ABR/2023 | Língua(s): | ENGLISH - UNITED STATES |
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Tipo: | TEXT | Subtipo: | THESIS | ||||||||||
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Referência(s): |
[pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=62392&idi=1 [en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=62392&idi=2 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.62392 | ||||||||||||
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The global economy is promoting an increasingly ambiguous and competitive
environment for companies operating across borders. To support the demand for
this globalization, multinational companies need competent expatriates for the
success of their operations abroad. These international assignments can provide
unique opportunities for growth and development, but they also require expatriates
to adapt effectively to new environments. The purpose of this study was to describe
how expatriate humble behavior operates in corporate international assignments.
Semi structured interviews were conducted with 19 managers, being senior
assigned expatriates (AEs) and Human Resources/Global Mobility experts. The
questions that made up the interview script were divided into the following
categories: 1. Expressed humble behaviors, 2. Relevance of humble behavior, 3.
Context in which expatriate humble behaviors are more required in international
assignments; and 4. Outcomes: humility infusing expatriate adaptation. The
analysis process was based on content analysis, to extract expatriate and HR
perceptions about the categories covered. Results suggest that humility is important
to all, but lack of humility in Global Mobility can be a road blocker. Humility builds
connections, trust and reliable and long-term relationships, and highly contributes
to expatriates´ adaptation on international assignments. The study also shows that
humility needs favorable conditions to flourish, and it may be associated with
weakness, in certain contexts, such as those where the leader is seen as a hero, or in
cultures that value competition, individualism, high power distance, confrontation
and in moments that require agency. The research highlights that cultural humility
is fundamental to assigned expatriates, who lead with a global mindset. Therefore,
organizations should improve the selection procedure, emphasizing the
contribution of a humble behavior to candidates for an international assignment,
and offer Cross-cultural training programs that include the behavioral aspect, with
a focus on the three dimensions of expressed humility: self-awareness; appreciation
of others and teachability.
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