Adjustment elusiveness: An empirical investigation of the effects of cross-cultural adjustment on general assignment satisfaction and withdrawal intentions

Pinto, Luísa Helena; Cabral‐Cardoso, Carlos; Werther, William B.

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.06.002

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“…In addition, job adjustment and low (short) time to proficiency also appear to have produced higher job satisfaction. This is similar to findings among business expatriates, which also demonstrate a strong correlation between increased job adjustment and increased job satisfaction (Pinto et al, 2012;Froese and Peltokorpi, 2013;Kawai and Mohr, 2015). The most interesting finding, however, is that for expatriate academics who have taken a long time to adjust, the relationship with the students is more important for their job satisfaction than for those who adjusted quickly.…”

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Job resources and demands for expatriate academics

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Jodie-Lee TrembathDepartment of Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Abstract Purpose -While there is a growing interest in expatriate academics, their specific role as teachers with daily contact to local students seems to have been largely ignored when examining their adjustment and work outcomes. Based on the job demands-resources model the authors predict that good teacher-student relations, as a supportive job resource, will have a positive effect on expatriate academics' job satisfaction. This effect, however, will be even stronger for individuals experiencing high job demands and challenges in terms of intercultural job adjustment. In other words, expatriate academics that have difficulties adjusting will benefit more from the social support that can originate from good relations to their students. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach -The authors surveyed expatriate academics adjusting to a university position in China by use of 124 responses from foreign university employees.Findings -The authors found that teacher-student relations had a positive association with job satisfaction and that positive teacher-student relations increased job satisfaction more for individuals being slow to adjust. Originality/value -This is one of the few papers to explore the impact that students can have on expatriate academics and treat this relationship as a potential resource for universities to capitalize upon in socializing their new foreign academic staff members.

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Job resources and demands for expatriate academics

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“…The majority of studies about international mobility, including in the Portuguese context (Pinto, Cabral-Cardoso, & Werther, 2012), have focused on understanding the experiences of employees who are sent in long-term assignments and later their returning (Shaffer et al, 2012). Per Thomas and Lazarova (2006), the expatriate performance will depend on his adaptation to the new context, overlying his technical expertise.…”

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“…Per Thomas and Lazarova (2006), the expatriate performance will depend on his adaptation to the new context, overlying his technical expertise. According to Pinto et al, (2012) the travel is, indeed, a personal investment. Consequently, it is a big challenge to deal with all the variables that influence the success of the expatriation (Shaffer et al, 2012) which lead companies to use alternative forms of global mobility.…”

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The occupational stress in International Business Travellers of a multinational of the automotive sector

Cardoso¹,

Jordão²

2017

Rev. Psicol., Organ. Trab.

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International business travelers constitute an emerging type of international mobility, and there is a gap in terms of studies that address well-being. Based on the Holistic Model of Stress, we intend to explore the occupational stress associated with business travel through a qualitative case study using document analysis and semi-structured interviews. We verified a predominance of distress sources in the trip stage and the adoption of coping strategies focused on the problem. Personal and professional factors are assumed to be the main moderators of the stress experienced. We conclude that travel brings mostly negative personal consequences that are accentuated during the traveler's career, and confirm that the trips are a source of stress with impact on the personal and professional life of the traveler. The paper includes a discussion on the theoretical and practical implications of the findings for both the company and the travelers. O stress ocupacional em Viajantes de Negócios Internacionais de uma multinacional do setor automóvel Resumo Os Viajantes de Negócios Internacionais constituem uma modalidade de mobilidade internacional emergente, existindo uma lacuna ao nível de estudos que abordem o seu bem-estar. Com base no Modelo Holístico de Stress pretendemos explorar o stress ocupacional associado às viagens de negócios através de um estudo de caso qualitativo com recurso à análise documental e à entrevista semiestruturada. Foram predominantes as fontes de distress na fase da viagem e da adoção de estratégias de coping focadas no problema. Fatores pessoais e profissionais assumem-se como principais moderadores do stress percecionado. Concluímos que a viagem tem maioritariamente consequências pessoais e negativas que se acentuam ao longo da carreira do viajante e confirmamos que as viagens são uma fonte de stress com impacto na sua vida pessoal e profissional do viajante. O artigo incluí a discussão acerca das implicações teóricas e práticas dos resultados para a organização e para os viajantes. El estrés ocupacional en Viajeros de Negocios Internacionales en una multinacional del sector automotriz Resumen Los Viajeros de Negocios Internacionales constituyen una modalidad de movilidad internacional emergente, existiendo una laguna en el nivel de estudios que abordan su bienestar. Con base en el Modelo Holístico de Estrés pretendemos explorar el estrés ocupacional asociado a los viajes de negocios a través de un estudio de caso cualitativo, utilizando el análisis documental y la entrevista semiestructurada. Se verificó un predominio de fuentes de distress y la adopción de estrategias de coping enfocadas en el problema. Los factores personales y profesionales se asumen como principales moderadores del estrés percibido. Concluimos que el viaje tiene mayormente consecuencias personales y negativas, que se acentúan al través de la carrera de viajero. Confirmamos así que los viajes son una fuente de estrés con impacto en la vida personal y profesional. El artículo incluye la discusión sobre las implicaciones te...

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“…However, a more comprehensive approach would be to view expatriates’ satisfaction toward the international assignment experience in its entirety (Yavas & Bodur, ). Recently, overall satisfaction with the international assignment was defined by Pinto, Cabral‐Cardoso, and Werther (, p. 190) as “a general positive attitude towards the assignment including overall satisfaction with the assignment, acceptance of the same assignment again, recommendation to others, and correspondence with expectations.” Overall satisfaction with the international assignment may decrease if unfulfilled promises by the parent company or the host company deprive expatriates of important and desired outcomes, causing feelings of anger and resentment given the sacrifices made and risks assumed when undertaking challenging international assignments. Past research has shown that both positive and negative affective experiences at work spill over onto job satisfaction (e.g., Fisher, ; Judge & Ilies, ).…”

Section: The Effect Of Expatriate‐perceived Psychological Contract Brmentioning

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“…Researchers could also apply the dual‐foci perspective across Eisenberger et al’s () scale of perceived organizational support, Colquitt's () scale of organizational justice, Lester et al’s () scale of the adequacy of social accounts, and Meyer, Allen, and Smith's () scale of organizational commitment. Work engagement, boundaryless career orientation, and satisfaction with the international assignment can be measured using the scales developed by Schaufeli and Bakker (); Briscoe, Hall, and Frautschy DeMuth (); and Pinto et al (), respectively. An improved scale of expatriate job performance that accurately captures expatriates’ multiple responsibilities may, however, need to be developed through interviews with parties involved in performance evaluation to identify specific tasks completed by expatriates.…”

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A Psychological Contract Perspective of Expatriate Failure

2016

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The expatriate literature needs to move beyond maladjustment as a primary reason for expatriate failure. This article draws on the psychological contract as a valuable lens to observe changes in expatriate behavior that may determine expatriate success or failure on international assignments. Prior research on the expatriate psychological contract has focused solely on an expatriate's social exchange relationship with the assigning parent company. This article offers a dual‐foci perspective of the expatriate psychological contract and suggests that expatriates’ perceptions of psychological contract breach arise from two sources—the assigning parent company and the receiving host company. The conceptualization of breach with dual foci forms the basis for the proposed model of expatriate failure. The model proposes that differences in expatriates’ contexts will influence their likelihood of perceiving breach and that breach, once perceived, will affect expatriate behavior through its influence on sense‐making, affect, conation, and attitudes. The propositions developed in this article provide a foundation for future theorizing and empirical work on expatriate cognitions of psychological contract breach. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Adjustment elusiveness: An empirical investigation of the effects of cross-cultural adjustment on general assignment satisfaction and withdrawal intentions

Cited by 17 publications

References 41 publications

Job resources and demands for expatriate academics

Job resources and demands for expatriate academics

The occupational stress in International Business Travellers of a multinational of the automotive sector

A Psychological Contract Perspective of Expatriate Failure

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