Initial examination of a model of intercultural adjustment

Expatriate career support: predicting expatriate turnover and performance

“…Perceived career prospects outside the home organization was measured with four items based on prior work of Parker and McEvoy (1993). A sample item is 'I expect to advance in another firm when I repatriate.'…”

Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

“…Finally, work adjustment refers to the expatriate's adjustment to work-related issues such as job responsibilities or supervision. Examples of employing this concept in the context of expatriate managers abound in literature (Black, Gregersen & Mendenhall, 1992;Harvey, 1997;McEvoy & Parker, 1992;Parker & McEvoy 1993;Selmer, 1999;Suutari & Brewster, 1996). McEvoy & Parker (1992), for instance, could support the existence of the three dimensions in their analysis of expatriate managers in twelve countries.…”

“…Arthur & Bennett, 1995;Briody & Chrisman 1991;Nicholson & Imaizumi, 1993;Parker & McEvoy, 1993;Shaffer, Harrison & Gilley, 1999). These studies have repeatedly shown that one of the most important factors for the success of overseas assignments is the adjustment of the expatriate manager's spouse (Caligiuri et al, 1998;Shaffer et al1999).…”

Repatriate Children’s Readjustment to the Home Country and the Impact on Repatriates

“…In addition, work readjustment was added as another dimension of readjustment for repatriates as has been proposed by Black, Gregersen and Mendenhall (1992) and Parker and McEvoy (1993). Therefore, these three dimensions of readjustment; psychological well-being, general readjustment and work readjustment will be used as dimensions of repatriates' readjustment (that is, as the dependent variables in the present study).…”