The influence of family on expatriates and their families' international assignments
experience have been long discussed in various disciplines. We undertake a systematic …

The current theoretical paper presents a comprehensive overview of findings from research
attempting to understand what happens with expatriates and their families while living …

Previous HRD research has determined that spouse and family adjustment is an important
contributor to overall international assignment success. This study examined three types of …

Our goal in this Special Issue is to explore the experiences of non-traditional expatriates and
in so doing contribute to balancing the picture that existing research provides of the profile of …

This case study examined the relationship between the family flexibility of expatriates in a
multinational corporation and their cross-cultural adjustment, as well as the stressors …

Managing expatriates and other 'traditional'internationally mobile workers is a significant
part of many academic programmes and the focus of some specialist ones. But we cannot …

This research examines how organisational support mechanisms extended to expatriate
families influence the adjustment of the expatriate, the spouse, and accompanying children …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the use of the term “culture shock” in
international management studies and cross-cultural research and to propose a …

While the body of research that confirms the importance of family as a factor in expatriate
success is growing steadily, organizations with expatriate employees do not appear to have …

Third Culture Kids (TCKs) are children of expatriates who live in a culture other than their
country of nationality or their parent's country of nationality for a significant part of their …