Research Model

Purpose: The objectives of this conceptual chapter are to examine the host country's institutional and cultural characteristics that have an impact on SIE's career success, and to propose a research model and agenda. Scope/method: Since there is almost no research on the impact of host country characteristics on SIE's career success, we reviewed the general literature on expatriate career success and identified the specific factors that will affect SIEs career success. Results. The major host country institutional characteristics that have an impact on SIEs' career success include compensation levels, quality of life, labor markets characteristics, employment regulations, and SIEs' skills utilisation level. The major host country cultural characteristics are cultural distance, language, diversity climate and preferred organisational culture. We add the concept of host country's reputation. Conclusion. We propose a research model on the impact of host country institutional and cultural characteristics on SIE career success and satisfaction, adding the host country reputation and using a few moderating variables.

This study examines the role of principals' supervision on the relationship between students' personnel services and academic achievement in secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. The aim of this study is to explain the research model, research hypotheses and the results of the preliminary findings on the nexus between student personnel services and academic achievement. To know the initial findings of the study, the authors conduct a pilot study to (or " intending to ") know whether it will be suitable for the main study or not. Two sources of data (i.e., primary and secondary) are used for the study. Questionnaires are distributed to 50 students in one of the secondary schools in Kwara State that is chosen for the study. Also, students' results are obtained from the school to determine their academic achievement in school. Two softwares namely, Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Partial Least Square (PLS-SEM) are used to assess the measurement model of the study. Individual items' reliability of the constructs and discriminant validity are assessed. In conclusion, the preliminary results indicate that the instrument used for the study is valid and reliable; thus, the findings of the paper demonstrates the potency for conducting the comprehensive study on the impact of principals' supervision on the nexus between student personnel services and academic achievement in secondary schools.