Nonlinear influences of stressors on general adjustment: The case of Japanese expatriates and their spouses

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Takeuchi, Riki; Lepak, David P.; Marinova, Sophia V.; Yun, Seokhwa
• 署名单位: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; Seoul National University (SNU)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400298
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 928-943
• 关键词: CROSS-CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT; Expatriates; spouses; perceived culture novelty; parental demands; nonlinear effects

摘要

Integrating research on parental demands, learning, and expatriate adjustment, we examine potential nonlinear influences of two stressors - parental demands and perceived culture novelty - on general adjustment of expatriates and their spouses. Using a sample of 170 matched pairs of Japanese expatriates and spouses assigned to the US, we found a quadratic effect of parental demands and a cubic effect of cultural novelty on spouse general adjustment but not on expatriate general adjustment. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.