Title:
ENHANCING EXPATRIATE ADJUSTMENT AND PERFORMANCE THROUGH PRE-DEPARTURE TRAINING: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION ON INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS IN SOUTH KOREA

Authors:
Dina Sartika, Sri Djatnika, Mery Citra Sondari, Wendy Anjasmara, Indonesia

Abstract:

Pre-Departure Training (PDT) was considered as a crucial event to conduct before sending expatriates for international assignment to ease their adjustment process, improve their performance, and prevent problems that could lead to expatriate failures. However, studies regarding the impact of Pre-Departure Training (PDT) on expatriate adjustment and their performance revealed inconsistent findings. Therefore, this study aims to clarify the inconsistency of findings by investigating how pre-departure training affects expatriate adjustment and their performance during expatriation by adding additional data support from Indonesian migrant workers in South Korea.
An online questionnaire was administered to 155 Indonesian migrant workers who have been joining G2G (Government to Government) program to South Korea. The data was analyzed using path analysis. The result shows that pre-departure training has positive and significant effect on both expatriate adjustment and expatriate performance. Moreover, the mediating role of expatriate adjustment in the relationship between pre-departure training and expatriate performance is confirmed.