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[연구]Organizational expatriates and self-initiated expatriates: who adjusts better to work and life in Ja
2009.05.01 Views 842 경영학연구분석센터
International Journal of Human Resource Management
Volume 20, 2009 - Issue 5, Pages 1096-1112
Vesa Peltokorpi & Fabian Jintae Froese
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585190902850299
Abstract Expatriates are often presented in the cross-cultural adjustment literature as a homogeneous, broad population. However, recent research that makes a distinction between organizational expatriates (OEs), those who are dispatched by their home companies to international posts, and self-initiated expatriates (SIEs), those who themselves make the decision to live and work abroad, has identified differences between the two groups. The present study compares the cross-cultural adjustment of these two groups of expatriates. Survey results of 179 expatriates in Japan show that SIEs are better adjusted to general aspects of their host country and interactions with host-country nationals than OEs. Suggestions for practice are provided.
Keywords
cross-cultural adjustment,
Japan,
organizational expatriate,
self-initiated expatriate
Volume 20, 2009 - Issue 5, Pages 1096-1112
Vesa Peltokorpi & Fabian Jintae Froese
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585190902850299
Abstract Expatriates are often presented in the cross-cultural adjustment literature as a homogeneous, broad population. However, recent research that makes a distinction between organizational expatriates (OEs), those who are dispatched by their home companies to international posts, and self-initiated expatriates (SIEs), those who themselves make the decision to live and work abroad, has identified differences between the two groups. The present study compares the cross-cultural adjustment of these two groups of expatriates. Survey results of 179 expatriates in Japan show that SIEs are better adjusted to general aspects of their host country and interactions with host-country nationals than OEs. Suggestions for practice are provided.
Keywords
cross-cultural adjustment,
Japan,
organizational expatriate,
self-initiated expatriate