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SHUYANG, FAN, FURUOKA FUMITAKA, & SU TENG, LEE. (2025). Environmental affordances and Chinese expatriate (Entrepreneur) Success: How social support systems and personality traits co-determine entrepreneurial work performance (in cross cultural setting). Environment and Social Psychology, 10(11), ESP-4079. https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i11.4079
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Environmental affordances and Chinese expatriate (Entrepreneur) Success: How social support systems and personality traits co-determine entrepreneurial work performance (in cross cultural setting)

SHUYANG, FAN

Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Malaysia

FURUOKA FUMITAKA

Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Malaysia

SU TENG, LEE

Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya, Malaysia


DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i11.4079


Keywords: work performance, Chinese expatriate, social support, personality traits, entrepreneur


Abstract

Purpose: This study examines how environmental affordances, social support systems, and personality traits co-determine entrepreneurial work performance among Chinese expatriate entrepreneurs in cross-cultural settings, addressing theoretical gaps in understanding the synergistic relationships between environmental, social, and psychological factors in expatriate entrepreneurial success.
Methodology: A mixed-methods approach was employed with 187 Chinese expatriate entrepreneurs in Semporna, Malaysia. Data collection integrated structured surveys with semi-structured interviews, utilizing structural equation modeling to examine co-determinant mechanisms, interaction effects, and mediation pathways across different cultural adaptation stages and venture types.
Findings: Environmental affordances perception significantly influenced psychological well-being (β = 0.47, p < 0.001) more than financial performance (β = 0.19, p = 0.084), explaining 22.6% versus 8.4% of variance respectively. Co-determinant interactions between social support and personality traits contributed 9.7% additional variance in work performance. Highly extraverted entrepreneurs exhibited diminishing returns from extensive social support (β = -0.21, p < 0.05), while emotionally stable individuals demonstrated linear enhancement patterns (β = 0.39, p < 0.001). Personality traits influenced performance primarily through psychological adaptation pathways (31.4% of total effects).
Conclusion: Environmental affordances function as fundamental catalysts in cross-cultural entrepreneurial performance through complex psychological adaptation mechanisms rather than direct economic pathways, with success emerging from sophisticated person-environment matching processes.
Practical Implications: Findings inform the design of culturally sensitive entrepreneurial support programs that leverage environmental psychology principles, enabling more effective cross-cultural business development strategies for multinational organizations and policymakers.


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