Social support on international assignments: The relevance of socioemotional support from locals.

Autor/inn/en	Podsiadlowski, Astrid; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Spiess, Erika; Stroppa, Christina
Titel	Social support on international assignments: The relevance of socioemotional support from locals.
Quelle	In: International journal of psychology, 48 (2013) 4, S. 563-573Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-7594; 1464-066X
DOI	10.1080/00207594.2012.669042
Schlagwörter	Erfahrung; Gemeinschaft; Bewältigung; Akzeptanz; Arbeitsbedingungen; Soziale Unterstützung; Arbeitnehmer; Ausländer
Abstract	Social support takes on a special significance in the context of sojourners. Using the matching/specificity hypothesis it is hypothesized that sojourners' satisfaction is increased if there is an optimal match between type and source of social support. The Index of Sojourner Social Support (ISSS; Ong & Ward, 2005) Scale was used to examine this hypothesis in the context of instrumental and socioemotional support for sojourners on work assignments. The results showed that (a) both types of social support are positively related to satisfaction with the sojourn, (b) socioemotional support is more important in predicting satisfaction with a sojourn than instrumental support, and (c) support from locals is the most important source of social support. Furthermore, partial support was found for the matching/specificity hypothesis: Only the amount of support from locals was a significant moderator and only the relationship between socioemotional support and satisfaction with a sojourn was moderated. The authors discuss the relevance of source and type of support for cultural adjustment and the importance of contact with locals during international sojourns. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2014/2