Abstract

This study attempts to explore the relationship between MNCs' expatriate selection criteria and its consequences. The main purpose is to compare the relative concern of the selection criteria among Taiwanese, American and Japanese MNCs using the method of correspondence analysis by multidimensional scaling (MDS). Via an extensive review of the literature, the current article has developed a 25-item "Expatriate Selection Criteria Scale" based on two principal constructs: "Heter-Culture Acceptance" and 'Jib Skill." The factor analysis and test of Cronbach's alpha confirm the appropriateness of the scale in measuring these two constructs. Of the 25 expatriate selection items, sixteen of them reveal significant mean differences in the comparative study of the expatriates among the three countries in the test. Two hypotheses, "Heter-Culture Acceptance" would impact on expatriates' host-life adaption, while "Job Skill" would impact on expatriates' job performance are proposed. The result of the correspondence analysis support these two hypotheses, and indicate that expatriate perform better in their jobs than in their host-life adaptation; and the MNCs are more concerned about the job-related skill than heter-culture acceptance in evaluating these expatriate selection criteria.