When Yankee Comes Home: Factors Related to Expatriate and Spouse Repatriation Adjustment

This study examined anticipatory and in-country individual, job, organizational, and non-work variables and their relationship with work, interaction, and general repatriation adjustment for U.S. managers. The study also examined anticipatory and incountry individual and non-work variables and their...

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Published in:Journal of international business studies 1991-12, Vol.22 (4), p.671-694
Main Authors: Black, J. Stewart, Gregersen, Hal B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business and Management
Business Strategy/Leadership
Comparative studies
Correlation analysis
Emotional adjustment
Expatriate employees
Expatriates
Foreign workers
Housing conditions
Human resources
Hypotheses
International Business
Management
Managers
Married persons
Multinational corporations
Organization
Repatriation
Role conflict
Social adjustment
Social classes
Social interaction
Spouses
Variables
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Summary:This study examined anticipatory and in-country individual, job, organizational, and non-work variables and their relationship with work, interaction, and general repatriation adjustment for U.S. managers. The study also examined anticipatory and incountry individual and non-work variables and their relationship with interaction and general repatriation adjustment for the spouses of the managers who were married. Age, total time overseas, social status, and housing conditions were generally related to all facets of repatriation adjustment for both expatriates and spouses. Practical and research implications are explored.
ISSN:0047-2506
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DOI:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490319