“…Findings of the previous gender comparative studies on this topic suggest that women can adjust as well as men. However, a closer look at their results shows that no clear consensus exists about women's levels of adjustment in comparison to those of men: some studies report no significant gender differences (Cole and McNulty, 2011;Mérignac, 2009), some others find that women may be better adjusted on some dimensions, especially those related to interactions or relationships with host-country nationals (Selmer and Leung, 2003a;Haslberger, 2010), and further studies suggest that women may have weaker adjustment levels depending on the countries of assignment (Caligiuri and Tung, 1999). Indeed, as suggested by the latter study, depending on cultural values and gender norms in vigor in the host country, adjusting to the foreign environment may represent considerably different challenges for men and women (Caligiuri and Cascio, 1998), with women potentially facing additional barriers and various forms of discrimination in the work and non-work contexts (Insch et al, 2008).…”