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

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• 作者：Luí ; sa Helena Pinto^a ; ^{lhpinto@fep.up.pt} ; Carlos Cabral-Cardoso^a ; ¹ ; ^{ccardoso@fep.up.pt} ; William B. Werther Jr.^b ; ² ; ^{werther@miami.edu}
• 关键词：Cross-cultural adjustment ; Expatriates ; General assignment satisfaction ; Withdrawal intentions
• 刊名：International Journal of Intercultural Relations
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：48_01471767
• 类别：soc
• 出版时间：March, 2012
• 卷：36
• 期：2
• 页码：188-199
• 文件大小：373 K

摘要

The research reported here explores the relationship between cross-cultural adjustment and general satisfaction with the assignment and withdrawal intentions. Responses from an international sample of 166 expatriates, currently assigned to 39 different countries, indicate that perceived cross-cultural adjustment does not predict expatriates鈥?general assignment satisfaction, though satisfaction predicts withdrawal intentions. Work adjustment predicts assignment withdrawal intentions, but does not predict the other two withdrawal dimensions: withdraw from the organization and the occupation. Implications of the findings for theory and practice, along with suggestions for future research, are discussed.