Jenkins, Emma and Mockaitis, Audra
(2010)
You're from where? The influence of distance
factors on New Zealand expatriates’ cross-cultural
adjustment.
The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 21 (15).
pp. 2694-2715.
ISSN 0958-5192
Abstract
This study empirically tests the influence of various distance factors on expatriate crosscultural
adjustment. Expatriate perceptions of home and host country differences,
objective measures of distance and the accuracy of expatriate evaluations of host country
distance were compared as predictors of expatriate adjustment difficulty in the host
country. The results revealed that perceived distance, objective cultural distance and the
expatriate’s perceptual inaccuracy had a significant effect on expatriate adjustment
difficulty for one’s first assignment. However, on subsequent assignments all measures of
distance were significant. Adjustment became more difficult as perceptual accuracy
improved. The implications of these findings are discussed.This study empirically tests the influence of various distance factors on expatriate crosscultural
adjustment. Expatriate perceptions of home and host country differences,
objective measures of distance and the accuracy of expatriate evaluations of host country
distance were compared as predictors of expatriate adjustment difficulty in the host
country. The results revealed that perceived distance, objective cultural distance and the
expatriate’s perceptual inaccuracy had a significant effect on expatriate adjustment
difficulty for one’s first assignment. However, on subsequent assignments all measures of
distance were significant. Adjustment became more difficult as perceptual accuracy
improved. The implications of these findings are discussed.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
cultural distance; expatriate adjustment; objective distance; perceptual
accuracy; psychic distance; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: |
11207 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2010.528653 |
| Depositing User: |
Audra Mockaitis
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| Date Deposited: |
09 Oct 2019 16:32 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
The International Journal of Human Resource Management |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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