Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2018 Oct;91(7):767-784. doi: 10.1007/s00420-018-1333-4. Epub 2018 Jul 2.
Many companies target international markets to expand their business. Companies need to manage international teams with a wide variety of skills, knowledge and values to run their business effectively; however, there are many issues of acculturation stress. Not only business travellers and expatriates, but also immigrant workers have issues adjusting to foreign culture. The aim of the present study is to identify the stress factors affecting foreign-born workers via a systematic review.
The systematic review was conducted using PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase and Cochrane Library databases. Articles on the subject of workers living abroad, such as immigrants, expatriates and business travellers, were included. The risk of bias in the included articles was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias for randomised controlled trials (RCTs), RoBANS for non-RCT studies, and CASP for qualitative studies.
For the systematic review, 45 out of 14,994 articles were analysed. Six components, communication, cultural differences in the workplace, daily life, relationships with family and colleagues, financial problems and social inequality, were extracted.
Foreign-born workers are suffering from acculturation and occupational stress. The results of the present study can help greatly with understanding of the stress structure of working abroad.
许多公司以开拓国际市场为目标来扩大业务。为了有效地开展业务，公司需要管理由具有各种技能、知识和价值观的国际团队；然而，存在许多文化适应压力问题。不仅商务旅行者和外派人员，还有移民工人在适应外国文化方面也存在问题。本研究的目的是通过系统评价来确定影响外国出生工人的压力因素。
使用 PubMed、PsycINFO、Embase 和 Cochrane Library 数据库进行系统评价。纳入了关于在国外生活的工人（如移民、外派人员和商务旅行者）的主题文章。使用 Cochrane 协作对随机对照试验（RCT）的偏倚风险评估工具（RoBANS）评估纳入文章的偏倚风险，非 RCT 研究的 CASP 和定性研究。
在系统评价中，分析了 14994 篇文章中的 45 篇。提取了 6 个组成部分，包括沟通、工作场所的文化差异、日常生活、与家人和同事的关系、财务问题和社会不平等。
外国出生的工人正在经历文化适应和职业压力。本研究的结果可以极大地帮助理解在国外工作的压力结构。
