Drawing on Conservation of Resources theory and the socially embedded model of thriving, we examine the resource antecedents and retention outcome of expatriate thriving. Using two-wave panel data from 103 international teachers in the United States, we found that the personal resource of cultural intelligence directly influenced thriving, and thriving led to expatriate actual retention. In addition, the contextual resource of organizational embeddedness served as a boundary condition that augmented cultural intelligence’s positive effect on thriving. Applying the concept of thriving to explicate expatriate experiences, we go beyond the dominant emphasis in the expatriate literature on expatriate adjustment. In doing so, we highlight the joint contribution of both personal and contextual resources associated with global work experiences and pinpoint potential boundary conditions that enable thriving.

借鉴资源保护理论和繁荣的社会根源模型，我们考察了外籍人士繁荣的资源前因和保留结果。利用来自美国103位国际教师的两波面板数据，我们发现文化情报的个人资源直接影响了繁荣，并且繁荣导致了外派人员的实际保留。此外，组织嵌入的语境资源还作为边界条件，增强了文化智力对繁荣的积极作用。运用繁荣的概念来阐明外籍人士的经历，我们超越了外籍人士文学中关于外籍人士调整的主要重点。在这样做，