How does Implicit Racial Prejudice Affect the Adaptive Performance of Expatriates?——The Parallel Mediating Roles of Coworker Exchange and Coworker GUANXI
With the trend of going global in recent years,Chinese MNCs need expatriates to adapt to host countries quickly.However,limited research on Chinese expatriates'adaptation hinders effective management.Based on JD-R and Social Exchange theories,this study explores implicit racial prejudice's impact on their adaptive performance and examines coworker GUANXI(with Chi-nese cultural characteristics)and coworker exchange(with western cultural characteristics)roles.An-alyzing 387 datasets,results show implicit racial prejudice negatively affects adaptive performance via host-country coworker GUANXI and exchange.Headquarters coworker GUANXI mitigates the impact and weakens host-country coworker GUANXI's mediating role.By telling the Chinese story,it offers a fresh perspective for managing expatriates in Chinese MNCs.