The relationship between self-complexity, strategic motivation, and organizational processes such as staffing seems lacking in the human resources management and organizational behavior (OB) literatures. In two studies we examined the self-complexity of potential employees with and without cross-cultural experience as determinant of preferences of employers mediated by strategic motivations of organizations. We found in a sample of 40 organizations from an emerging economy, Ghana, that employers seemed to prefer employees with cross-cultural experience who are perceived to facilitate achievement of their strategic motivations. Implications for international human resources management are discussed.
Expérience interculturelle, motivation stratégique et préférence d’embauche de l’employeur : une étude exploratoire dans une économie émergeante
David B. Zoogah & Augustus Abbey
La relation entre l’auto-complexité (ou la complexité de soi), la motivation stratégique et les processus organisationnels, comme le recrutement ne parait pas avoir été prise en compte dans la littérature sur le comportement organisationnel et la gestion des ressources humaines. Nous avons étudié dans deux études l’auto-complexité d’employés potentiels, avec et sans expérience interculturelle, comme déterminant des préférences d’employeurs, déterminant par ailleurs modifié par les motivations stratégiques des organisations. Nous avons découvert, dans le cadre d’un échantillon de quarante organisations d’une économie émergeante, à savoir le Ghana, que les employeurs préfèrent les employés dotés d’expérience interculturelle car ils sont perçus comme pouvant faciliter la réalisation de leurs motivations stratégiques. Les implications en ce qui concerne la gestion des ressources humaines sont aussi étudiées.
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