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| Author: | Selmer, J. |
| Title: | Psychological barriers to adjustment of Western business expatriates in China: newcomers vs long stayers |
| Journal: | International journal of human resource management
2004 : JUN/AUG, VOL. 15:4-5, p. 794-813 |
| Index terms: | Employee attitudes Psychology Culture Work Asia |
| Freeterms: | Expatriates |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A mail survey was directed towards Western business expatriates (here as: exp. / exps.) currently working on the Chinese mainland. Two sets of psychological barriers to adjustment and their association with the extent of sociocultural and psychological adjustment were examined. The results of this exploratory study show that both perceived inability to adjust and unwillingness to adjust among newcomers seem to affect some aspects of sociocultural adjustment, but not exps.' psychological adjustment. However, these effects do not seem to be stable over time as there are no such effects in the case of long stayers in China, suggesting that in the long run both inability and unwillingness to adjust may be of little importance. Potential implications for selection of exps. for assignment in China are discussed in detail. |
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