Coming home to the Arctic cold: Antecedents to Finnish expatriate and spouse repatriation adjustment
Coming home to the Arctic cold: Antecedents to Finnish expatriate and spouse repatriation adjustment
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1744-6570.1997.tb00708.x
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发表时间：
1997-09-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Stroh, LK
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作者：
Gregersen, HB;Stroh, LK
本研究建立在对美国经理人及其配偶的遣返调整研究的基础上，是第一个通过从理论上和经验上评估这些过程来识别潜在的跨文化差异的研究之一。样本。本研究以芬兰侨民及其配偶为重点，研究了与工作、相互作用和一般遣返调整有关的预期变量和国内变量。具体而言，海外时间、回国后的时间、角色裁量权和角色清晰度与芬兰回国人员的工作调整显著相关。海外时间、文化新鲜度和社会地位与归国人员对与本国国民互动的适应显著相关。海外时间和国内时间与归国人员总体调整显著相关。对于芬兰人的配偶来说，回国时间、文化新鲜度和住房条件与与祖国国民互动的适应显著相关。对于配偶的总体适应，海外时间、回国时间、文化新鲜度和住房条件显著相关。这些发现对研究人员和从业人员的影响进行了探讨。
Building on repatriation adjustment research for U.S. managers and spouses, this study is one of the first to identify potential cross-cultural differences by assessing these processes theoretically and empirically in a non-U.S. sample. Focusing on Finnish expatriates and spouses, this study examined anticipatory and in-country variables related to work, interaction, and general repatriation adjustment. Specifically, time overseas, time since returning home, role discretion, and role clarity were significant correlates of Finnish repatriates' work adjustment. Time overseas, culture novelty, and social status correlated significantly with repatriates' adjustment to interacting with home country nationals. Time overseas and time back home correlated significantly with repatriates' general adjustment. For Finnish repatriates' spouses, time back home, culture novelty, and housing conditions correlated significantly with adjustment to interacting with home country nationals. For spouses' general adjustment, time overseas, time back home, culture novelty, and housing conditions were significant correlates. Implications of these findings for researchers and practitioners are explored.