International adjustment of female vs male business expatriates
International adjustment of female vs male business expatriates
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女性与男性商务外派人员的国际调整
DOI：
10.1080/0958519032000114237
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发表时间：
2003
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通讯作者：
A. Leung
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作者：
J. Selmer;A. Leung
摘要尽管有大量支持性的轶事证据和对商务外派人员的需求不断增加，但女性在外派任务中仍是一个相对未开发的资源。为了比较他们的国际适应能力，西方女性和男性商务外派人员在香港接受了一项邮件调查。在控制了两个性别群体之间的背景变量的差异后，在一般适应方面没有性别差异，但有迹象表明，女性外派人员比男性有更高的互动和工作适应。另一方面，男性可能比女性经历了更高程度的心理调整。这些研究结果的影响，全球化的公司，以及为女性员工，详细讨论。
Abstract Despite a host of supportive anecdotal evidence and an increasing demand for business expatriates, women are a relatively untapped source for expatriate assignments. To compare their international adjustment, Western female and male business expatriates responded to a mail survey in Hong Kong. Controlling for differences in background variables between the two gender groups, there was no gender difference in terms of general adjustment, but there were indications that female expatriates had higher interaction and work adjustment than their male counterparts. On the other hand, the men may have experienced a higher degree of psychological adjustment than the women. Implications of these findings for globalizing firms, as well as for their female employees, are discussed in detail.