Using a sample which consists of 233 overseas staff from 8 Chinese transnational enterprises in South Africa and Zimbabwe, this paper studies the substance and construct of their psychological contracts. The results show that both enterprise's obligations to employees and emplo...
The functions and sources of social support were explored as a determining factor of adjustment. Despite the potential significant implications for the psychological health of assignees, homesickness has been relatively overlooked in expatriate adjustment literature. Therefore, the detrimental influence of ...
A growing numbers of corporations are adopting multinational strategies which involve an increase in the number of employees sent oversees on long-term assignments (Hechanova et al., 2003). The International Herald Tribune(Knowlton, 1997) contested that there were 3.3 million Americans working abroad...
As expatriate training continues to provide employees and their families with the practical information and a picture of what to expect upon arrival, expatriate coaching provides in-the-moment support and meets the expatriate exactly where they are at that particular moment. Exactly what is needed fo...
As part of their cover, your employees will have access to ourpersonal oncology case manager service. We will assign them a dedicated case manager, a healthcare professional from our own Medical Team, to guide and assist them through their treatment. ...
Expatriation for work presents various challenges before departure, during expatriation, and upon return to one’s home country. These challenges are why learning to manage cultural differences is a vital skill for expatriate managers and professionals, and hiring managers. Cultural intelligence (CQ) ha...
( 1996 ), “ Work experiences, work adjustment and psychological well‐being of expatriate employees in Hong Kong ”, The International Journal of Human Resource Management , Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 150 ‐ 64 . [] []Aryee, S. and Stone, R.J. ( 1996 ), “ Work experiences, work ...
Findings – The findings reveale that the overall tone of the psychological contract from the employers' perspective is transactional. From an employee perspective, preliminary evidence suggests that the dynamics of the employment relationship is changing and that employees have responded to contract ...
The current study was designed to examine a proposed model of the environmental (perceived organizational support [host & parent]), affective commitment (host & parent), and individual (sociocultural adaptation & psychological well-being) variables that contribute to the effectiveness of expatriate ...
The current study was designed to examine a proposed model of the environmental (perceived organizational support [host & parent]), affective commitment (host & parent), and individual (sociocultural adaptation & psychological well-being) variables that contribute to the effectiveness of expatriate ...