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- Title
Coming Home: The Relationship of Expatriate Expectations with Repatriation Adjustment and Job Performance.
- Authors
Black, J. Stewart
- Abstract
The article presents information on a study which examines the relationship of expatriate managers' expectations with repatriation adjustment and job performance. This study examines the repatriation adjustment and job performance of American expatriates who had recently returned from overseas assignments. The sample for this study was drawn from four large multinational corporations in the U.S. whose annual revenues crossed $1 billion. Job Demand Expectations, Job Contract Expectations, Job Discretion Expectations, General Expectations, Repatriation Adjustment, and Job Performance were measured to study the repatriation adjustment. Results suggest that managers who have accurate job and general expectations adjust and perform better after repatriation than those with inaccurate expectations. Also, the study suggests that shaping accurate expectations relative to both work and non-work issues can have positive separate and spillover effects. Using the results obtained from the study it was concluded that expectations play an important role both in individuals individuals' repatriation adjustment and in their job performance.
- Subjects
EXPATRIATION; JOB performance; FOREIGN workers; INTERNATIONAL business enterprise employees; FOREIGN executives; EXPECTATION (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
- Publication
Human Relations, 1992, Vol 45, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
0018-7267
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/001872679204500205