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Exploring expatriate adjustment through identity perspective
journal contribution
posted on 2020-09-14, 11:10 authored by Vesa Peltokorpi, Ling Eleanor ZhangThis study reveals multifaceted identities experienced by corporate expatriates and how these identities are related to expatriate host country work and non-work adjustment. Specifically, we take a symbolic interactionism-based identity theory perspective and examine qualitative data from 73 corporate expatriates in China and Japan, revealing an expatriate identity (i.e., identification with being a manager and a foreigner), and a cultural identity (i.e., identification with home and host country cultures) which through identity stability/change are related to the mode and degree of expatriate work and non-work adjustment. Our findings suggest that these identities explain how corporate expatriates shape their new environment to their preferences, instead of adjusting to it.
History
School
- Loughborough University London
Published in
International Business ReviewVolume
29Issue
3Publisher
ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© ElsevierPublisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal International Business Review and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101667.Acceptance date
2020-01-16Publication date
2020-01-31Copyright date
2020ISSN
0969-5931Publisher version
Language
- en