This study examined the impact of organizational socialization tactics and the moderating effect of organizational tenure on role innovation or the extent to which expatriate managers changed the procedures and objectives of their jobs. The results suggested that collective, serial, and rixed tactics had a significant relationship with role innovation. In addition, organizational tenure moderated the relationship between collective and serial tactics with role innovation.
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