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Job characteristics and perceived cultural novelty: Exploring the consequences for expatriate academics’ job satisfaction. / Stoermer, Sebastian; Lauring, Jakob; Selmer, Jan.
In: International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2022, p. 417-443.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Job characteristics and perceived cultural novelty:
T2 - Exploring the consequences for expatriate academics’ job satisfaction
AU - Stoermer, Sebastian
AU - Lauring, Jakob
AU - Selmer, Jan
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Drawing from the Job Characteristics Model, this study elucidates the joint effects of job autonomy and job clarity on expatriate academics’ job satisfaction and explores if the combined effects of job autonomy and job clarity vary depending on perceived cultural novelty. Based on a sample of 428 expatriate academics, we test our hypotheses using moderated polynomial regression and response surface analysis. Findings show that job satisfaction was highest when both job autonomy and job clarity were pronounced. In a situation of imbalance, higher levels of job satisfaction were found when job clarity exceeded job autonomy, indicating that job clarity is more important than job autonomy. Further, analyses provide tentative support for the moderating role of perceived cultural novelty, thus, showing that the relative importance of job clarity for job satisfaction increased/decreased when perceived cultural novelty was high/low.
AB - Drawing from the Job Characteristics Model, this study elucidates the joint effects of job autonomy and job clarity on expatriate academics’ job satisfaction and explores if the combined effects of job autonomy and job clarity vary depending on perceived cultural novelty. Based on a sample of 428 expatriate academics, we test our hypotheses using moderated polynomial regression and response surface analysis. Findings show that job satisfaction was highest when both job autonomy and job clarity were pronounced. In a situation of imbalance, higher levels of job satisfaction were found when job clarity exceeded job autonomy, indicating that job clarity is more important than job autonomy. Further, analyses provide tentative support for the moderating role of perceived cultural novelty, thus, showing that the relative importance of job clarity for job satisfaction increased/decreased when perceived cultural novelty was high/low.
KW - Job design
KW - expatriate academics
KW - job autonomy
KW - job clarity
KW - job satisfaction
KW - perceived cultural novelty
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2019.1704824
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2019.1704824
M3 - Journal article
VL - 33
SP - 417
EP - 443
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
SN - 0958-5192
IS - 3
ER -