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The lived experience of an American expatriate in Ghana: A rhetorical analysis of facebook postings to understand a cross-cultural behavior

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Using rhetorical analyses of the Facebook updates and postings, the lived experience of an American Expatriate in Ghana is told through the lenses of a Ghanaian living in the United States. The study reviews the contemporary understanding and importance of expatriation to organizations and provides detailed description and analysis of different models with theoretical base from cognitive and social psychology and sociology including models developed by Fons Trompenaars, Geert Hofstede, Harry Triandis, and E.T. Hall to understand the thinking and behavior of this expatriate as revealed through postings on his Facebook page. The paper concludes by re-affirming the importance of pre-departure cultural sensitivity training and the significant role of HRD professionals even in non-typical HRD –related organizations.

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  • Yawson, Robert M., 2011. "The lived experience of an American expatriate in Ghana: A rhetorical analysis of facebook postings to understand a cross-cultural behavior," MPRA Paper 33205, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Selmer, Jan, 2001. "Coping and adjustment of Western expatriate managers in Hong Kong," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 167-185, June.
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    1. Theresa Obuobisa-Darko, 2020. "Leaders’ Behaviour as a Determinant of Employee Performance in Ghana: the Mediating Role of Employee Engagement," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 597-611, September.

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    Keywords

    Cross-Cultural; facebook; expatriation; social psychology;
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    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • P3 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions

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