Work outcomes of unhappy expatriates

TY - CONF

T1 - Work outcomes of unhappy expatriates

AU - Selmer, Jan

AU - Lauring, Jakob

N1 - The paper is not available at ASB Library

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - While some expatriates could feel deeply unhappy trying to deal with the challenges of living and working abroad, few rigorous academic studies have presented evidence of the association between unhappiness among expatriates and their work outcomes. That is surprising since performing certain work tasks is the reason for the foreign assignment. Based on the survey responses of 428 expatriate academics, results of this exploratory study show that subjective ill-being had a strong negative association with work adjustment, work performance, work effectiveness, job satisfaction as well as a strong positive relationship with time to proficiency.

AB - While some expatriates could feel deeply unhappy trying to deal with the challenges of living and working abroad, few rigorous academic studies have presented evidence of the association between unhappiness among expatriates and their work outcomes. That is surprising since performing certain work tasks is the reason for the foreign assignment. Based on the survey responses of 428 expatriate academics, results of this exploratory study show that subjective ill-being had a strong negative association with work adjustment, work performance, work effectiveness, job satisfaction as well as a strong positive relationship with time to proficiency.

M3 - Paper

T2 - Academy of International Business

Y2 - 1 December 2011 through 3 December 2011

ER -