Caligiuri P M, Hyland M M, Joshi A, Bross A S
School of Management and Labor Relations, Department of Human Resource Management, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854, USA.
J Appl Psychol. 1998 Aug;83(4):598-614. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.83.4.598.
Based on theoretical perspectives from the work/family literature, this study tested a model for examining expatriate families' adjustment while on global assignments as an antecedent to expatriates' adjustment to working in a host country. Data were collected from 110 families that had been relocated for global assignments. Longitudinal data, assessing family characteristics before the assignment and cross-cultural adjustment approximately 6 months into the assignment, were coded. This study found that family characteristics (family support, family communication, family adaptability) were related to expatriates' adjustment to working in the host country. As hypothesized, the families' cross-cultural adjustment mediated the effect of family characteristics on expatriates' host-country work adjustment.
基于工作/家庭文献的理论观点，本研究测试了一个模型，以检验外派家庭在全球任务期间的适应情况，作为外派人员适应在东道国工作的一个前提条件。数据收集自110个因全球任务而搬迁的家庭。对评估任务前家庭特征以及任务开始约6个月后的跨文化适应情况的纵向数据进行了编码。本研究发现，家庭特征（家庭支持、家庭沟通、家庭适应性）与外派人员适应在东道国工作有关。正如所假设的那样，家庭的跨文化适应介导了家庭特征对外派人员在东道国工作适应的影响。
