TY - JOUR
T1 - Civilian Volunteers in United Nations Hot Spots
T2 - What Makes them Intend to Apply for Yet Another Mission?
AU - Bozionelos, Nikolaos
AU - Mukhuty, Sumona
AU - Kostopoulos, Konstantinos C.
AU - Bozionelos, Georgios
AU - Blenkinsopp, John
N1 - Funding information: The third author acknowledges the support by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) under the “1st Call for H.F.R.I. Research Projects to support Faculty members and Researchers and the procurement of high-cost research equipment” (Project Numbers: 2236 and 1799).
PY - 2023/7/4
Y1 - 2023/7/4
N2 - This study focused on United Nations (UN) civilian volunteers serving in “hot spots”, and tested a model to predict their intentions to apply for a new UN assignment. These individuals have characteristics of both assigned expatriates and self-initiated expatriates. InRole Behaviours (IRB) and Organizational Citizenship Behaviours towards the Local Population (OCB-Locals) were related to sense of personal accomplishment, that in turn was related to intentions to apply for another UN assignment. Sense of personal accomplishment played a mediating role. Both the personality trait of agreeableness and the attitudinal factor of commitment towards the local population were predictive of IRB, but only agreeableness was predictive of OCB-Locals. Moderation effects were identified, but the direction of most of them was unexpected. For example, it was low openness to experience that strengthened the link between sense of personal accomplishment and intentions to re-apply. The study’s implications for expatriation research and for practice are discussed.
AB - This study focused on United Nations (UN) civilian volunteers serving in “hot spots”, and tested a model to predict their intentions to apply for a new UN assignment. These individuals have characteristics of both assigned expatriates and self-initiated expatriates. InRole Behaviours (IRB) and Organizational Citizenship Behaviours towards the Local Population (OCB-Locals) were related to sense of personal accomplishment, that in turn was related to intentions to apply for another UN assignment. Sense of personal accomplishment played a mediating role. Both the personality trait of agreeableness and the attitudinal factor of commitment towards the local population were predictive of IRB, but only agreeableness was predictive of OCB-Locals. Moderation effects were identified, but the direction of most of them was unexpected. For example, it was low openness to experience that strengthened the link between sense of personal accomplishment and intentions to re-apply. The study’s implications for expatriation research and for practice are discussed.
KW - expatriates
KW - non-profit
KW - volunteers
KW - job performance
KW - personality traits
KW - behavioural intentions
KW - personal accomplishment
KW - inter-governmental organisation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132338642&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2022.2086438
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2022.2086438
M3 - Article
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 34
SP - 2516
EP - 2545
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 12
ER -
