Role of Cross Cultural Training on Expatriates overall Adjustment in China and Malaysia

Abstract

To achieve success in international business multinational corporations (MNCs) are working hard to improve their capabilities to manage expatriates on international assignments. They are facing difficulties in retaining expatriates for foreign assignments. A significant percentage of expatriates quit their jobs and return home when sent on an international assignment. Inadaptability to the host country’s culture is being considered among the major reasons for expatriate’s non-adjustment in a foreign environment. Thus, for successful international operations, MNCs' cross-cultural training (CCT) for foreign assigned employees has gained extreme importance. This study evaluates CCT's influence on expatriate’s different facets of adjustment in China and Malaysia. In total 165 samples of multinational expatriates working in China and Malaysia were surveyed. The results of this study conclude that various culturally diverse trainings significantly influence on distinctive features of foreigner’s adjustment. Practical implications are discussed and identified.