A Key Challenge in Global HRM: Adding New Insights to Existing Expatriate Spouse Adjustment Models

Autor/inn/en	Gupta, Ritu; Banerjee, Pratyush; Gaur, Jighyasu
Titel	A Key Challenge in Global HRM: Adding New Insights to Existing Expatriate Spouse Adjustment Models
Quelle	In: Qualitative Report, 17 (2012), Artikel 88 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-0147
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Grounded Theory; Sex Role; Human Resources; Spouses; Foreign Nationals; Qualitative Research; Indians; Relocation; Employment; Cultural Differences; Family Environment; Social Support Groups; Personality Traits; Ideology; Marriage; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterrolle; Humankapital; Ehepartner; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Qualitative Forschung; Inder; Umsetzung; Dienstverhältnis; Kultureller Unterschied; Familienmilieu; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ideologie; Ehe; Ausland
Abstract	This study is an attempt to strengthen the existing knowledge about factors affecting the adjustment process of the trailing expatriate spouse and the subsequent impact of any maladjustment or expatriate failure. We conducted a qualitative enquiry using grounded theory methodology with 26 Indian spouses who had to deal with their partner's expatriate assignment relocation. The open and axial coding techniques and the process of theoretical sampling are discussed at length. Our investigation reveals the recurrence of several factors earlier studied in previous models such as cultural novelty, family and peer support, the organization's support and the spouse's personality. Additionally, we found that the Indian spouses' adjustment to expatriate assignments was influenced greatly by their perceived gender-role ideology and their marital obligations to their partners. The resulting extended model of spousal adjustment to expatriate adjustments may help management practitioners to enhance expatriate success in global assignments. (Contains 2 figures and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10