ISSN 2736-1721
Global Journal of Business Management ISSN 6731-4538 Vol. 5 (8), pp. 001-009, August, 2011. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Role of cultural sensitivity on creativity of academic expatriates: The moderating effect of culture
Alev Katrinli and ẞebnem Penbek*
Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences,
Department of Business Administration, No: 156 Balçova / Izmir, Turkey.
Accepted 25 March, 2011
Abstract
Call it international assignment; expatriation or working in foreign country, new century is the herald of international movement of work force. Beside the conventional characteristics of an employee such as technical competence, know how, expertise and willingness to contribute to the organizational performance, an expatriate is assumed to be more creative and sensitive to cultural diversification. Accordingly, the proposed study with 62 academic expatriates form Turkey and USA, presents a positive relation between intercultural sensitivity and perceived creativity of academic expatriates and relation gets stronger for USA Academicians’ who are employed by Turkish universities.
Key words: Academic expatriates, creativity, cultural sensitivity and culture.