of education and social change. While, there is a substantive amount of literature on the issues of gender gap in wages … gender-based differences in employment conditions for local and expatriate workers in the context of the GCC region. Design … workers’ gender, nationality, and various characteristics of their employment conditions, two empirical models intended to …

Purpose – The literature on business expatriates has been increasing rapidly, but research on expatriate academics has … latter group of expatriates. This paper aims to fill some of the gaps. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was … with all of the five investigated work outcome variables, work adjustment, work performance, work effectiveness, job …

relationship between expatriates' (or repatriates') perceived fulfillment of their psychological contract with their job attitudes …

adjustment, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment are at predicting the Taiwanese repatriates' intentions to leave … their organization. By building on the cross-cultural adjustment and turnover theories and researches, this study expands … relationship of study variables. Findings – The results of multiple regression indicated that repatriation adjustment was the …

contracts of expatriates significantly influences both their adjustment to foreign situations and their organisational …Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate the influence of psychological contracts on the adjustment and … organisational commitment of expatriates during international business assignments. The study also aims to investigate the influence …

Business expatriates from the PRC mainland and Western countries assigned to Hong Kong were surveyed assessing their … sociocultural and psychological adjustment. Despite their common cultural heritage, the results showed that Chinese mainland … business expatriates were less well adjusted to work and life in Hong Kong than their Western counterparts. Implications of …

source of frustration to many human resources managers and the expatriates themselves. This study is designed to investigate … expatriates. Based on in‐depth interviews and mail surveys conducted in the USA, Scandinavia and the UK, this study concludes that …