Expatriates’ Job Satisfaction in a Korean-Based Company

Discuss expatriates’ job satisfaction in a cross-cultural environment in a Korean-based company (IAL).

Ingensoma (IGA) is an international financial institution headquartered in South Korea with a branch in Hong Kong. The Chief Officer intended to set up a company in Singapore and relocate all employees (Korean, Dutch, Japanese, Hong Kong, and Russian) there. Examine the impacts of how expatriates currently employed by Korean subsidiaries operating in Singapore suffer from varying degrees of career satisfaction or disaffection due to differences between Korean and Singaporean corporate cultures. Discuss the fusion of Korean corporate culture (KCC) and Singaporean corporate culture (KCC).