Work Adjustment of Expatriate Managers: A Review and New Approach

This article argues that, although the adjustment of expatriate managers has attracted a considerable amount of research, work adjustment of expatriate managers has not been adequately examined, in spite of being an area of extreme importance to international business. Against a review of previous research on expatriate work adjustment, methodological weaknesses in previous research are discussed and ways to improve our knowledge of effective work adjustment of expatriate managers are proposed.