TY - JOUR
T1 - Employee commitment to corporate globalization
T2 - The role of English language proficiency and human resource practices
AU - Yamao, Sachiko
AU - Sekiguchi, Tomoki
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grant Number: 23330128 ) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science . We acknowledge Denice Welch and Anne-Wil Harzing for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper. We thank Dean Tjosvold, Senior Editor of JWB, and two anonymous reviewers for their comments during the review process.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - We investigate factors affecting the commitment of non-native English-speaking employees to the globalization of their firms, focusing on the role of self-perceived English language proficiency and human resource (HR) practices. By surveying 693 non-native English speakers in Japan, we found that their self-perceived English language proficiency and HR practices that promote learning a foreign language have direct and interactive effects on the affective and normative commitment to their firms' globalization. It is important for firms based in non-Anglophone countries to promote English language proficiency of their employees through HR practices when they consider globalizing their operations to other countries.
AB - We investigate factors affecting the commitment of non-native English-speaking employees to the globalization of their firms, focusing on the role of self-perceived English language proficiency and human resource (HR) practices. By surveying 693 non-native English speakers in Japan, we found that their self-perceived English language proficiency and HR practices that promote learning a foreign language have direct and interactive effects on the affective and normative commitment to their firms' globalization. It is important for firms based in non-Anglophone countries to promote English language proficiency of their employees through HR practices when they consider globalizing their operations to other countries.
KW - Commitment to change
KW - Globalization of the firm
KW - HR practices
KW - Language proficiency
KW - Non-native English-speaking employees
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jwb.2014.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jwb.2014.03.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84919651868
SN - 1090-9516
VL - 50
SP - 168
EP - 179
JO - Journal of World Business
JF - Journal of World Business
IS - 1
ER -