/methodology/approach – Survey data were collected from 125 expatriates (117 expatriates and eight repatriates), representing 36 nationalities and on … Cultural Distance Paradox, firms may be well-advised to direct their expatriate training efforts toward those assignments where … forgo cross-cultural training. Similar efforts should be made to ease transfers to locations where the culture is more …

Business expatriates from the PRC mainland and Western countries assigned to Hong Kong were surveyed assessing their … business expatriates were less well adjusted to work and life in Hong Kong than their Western counterparts. Implications of …