What is it about?

This paper studied the outcomes of individuals working in a foreign country, in this case, Filipinos working in organizations in Singapore. The two outcomes of interests are work adjustment and job satisfaction. Work adjustment is explained by a single factor, self-efficacy belief: those who have greater belief that they can adjust to the work conditions in Singapore do adjust. On the hand, individuals are satisfied in their jobs when they enjoy discretion in the way they do their jobs and experience less satisfaction when they experience greater role conflict. In addition, individuals experience greater job satisfaction when they perceive that they are getting support from their supervisors as well as from the organization.

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Why is it important?

This study enhances our understanding of work outcomes of people from the developing world who work in more developed countries. By looking at two outcomes, work adjustment and job satisfaction, we realised that the outcomes do not have common explanations and thus we understand better what a person can do to achieve each outcome.

Perspectives

It is interesting to work on research areas that have important implications on careers of Filipinos in other countries. One hardly finds a Filipino working for oneself. Almost always the decision to work in another country is to improve the lives of loved ones they leave behind. That is why, it was not surprising to see that self efficacy is the single factor that explains work adjustment because they have to adjust to the working conditions in Singapore to make the pain of being away from home all worth it. The study also has implications on the management and retention of the Filipino worker.

Dr Vivien T Supangco
University of the Philippines Diliman

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This page is a summary of: Determinants of work role transition outcomes of Filipinos in Singapore, Journal of Global Mobility The Home of Expatriate Management Research, December 2014, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/jgm-07-2013-0048.
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