Gender Stereotypes: Expatriates Job Performance and Gender Perception through Host Country Nationals (HCN’s) Perspectives

In 21st century, organizations continuously expanding their business in the global market and to achieve their desired goals they mostly depend on diverse workforce. Gender diversity in workforce can bring fruitful results in organizational development if the managers provide equal employment opportunities to male and female candidates. Unfortunately, managers are reluctant to select female candidates for international assignment because of gender biased behavior or under estimating female capabilities. The purpose of this study is to examine expatriate male and female job performance and gender perception through host country nationals (Malaysian workers) perspectives. The data were collected from 200 host country nationals (Malaysian workers) about their 200 expatriate’s coworkers from 12 countries working in Malaysia. For the analysis purpose, t-test was performed to examine the difference between expatriates male and female job performance and gender perception. The result of this study indicated that female expatriates perform better during international assignment in multicultural setting as compared to their male counterpart. Furthermore, Malaysian workers do not perceive any difference between male and female expatriates as their coworkers. The findings of this study contribute to body of knowledge about women expatriates and practically helpful for managers to build strong diverse workforce. In addition, this study suggested future research directions.