Title: Selection of expatriates - The influence of HR managers gender and personal traits.
School of Health and Society, International Business and Economics Program
Abstract of Thesis: Due to increased internationalization around the world the expatriate rate has grown significantly during the last years and has become a more important tool within organizations. Therefore, the need for expatriates increases and it is of importance for organizations to broaden their expatriate base and not exclude particular groups of employees, such as women are today. The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the role that gender and personal traits of the HR managers play in evaluating and selecting expatriates. Furthermore, we wanted to investigate this relationship with a developed model. The result of this research indicates that to be able to implement, investigate and examine research constituted in another country than Sweden, the theory must be adapted to match the Swedish demo-graphical and humanitarian structure regarding this field.Keywords: Expatriates, HR manager, gender, personal traits, the Similar-to-Me Hypothesis and the Big Five.
The dissertation will have the following outline:
Chapter 2 – Research method
In this chapter, the different choices concerning the methodology are introduced. Further, the research philosophies, research approach, choice of theory and choice of methodology are described.
Chapter 3 – Theoretical framework
In this chapter we will review a selection of literature, including literature on expatriates, human resource managers, international human resource management, selection of expatriates, demographic characteristics and personal traits. Explanations and theories will be presented concerning the chosen topic.
Chapter 4 – Empirical method
In this chapter the empirical method is presented. We start by introducing the research design and strategy. Further, the time horizon, data collection, population, sample selection, operationalisation, reliability, validity,
generalization and response rate will be defined and discussed. Finally, the pre-study questionnaire and the main-study questionnaire will be discussed and results presented.
Chapter 5 – Research analysis and discussion
In this chapter the research analysis is presented. First a presentation of the result from the pre-study is given. Then the result from the six different hypothesis will be given and analyzed and either accepted or rejected with statistical support from SPSS.
Chapter 6 – Conclusions
In this chapter a summary of the dissertation will be presented as well as conclusions from the findings. Further, there will be some critical reflections. Suggestions on future research as well as practical implications to consider will be introduced.
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