Publication: Repatriation adjustment process of business employees: evidence from Spanish workers
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Sánchez Vidal, Mª Eugenia ; Sanz Valle, Raquel ; Barba Aragón, Mª Isabel ; Brewster, Chris
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Facultades, Departamentos, Servicios y Escuelas::Departamentos de la UMU::Organización de Empresas y Finanzas
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2006.07.004
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©2007. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This document is the Accepted version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Journal of Intercultural Relations. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2006.07.004
Abstract
This study analyzes the key issues affecting the repatriation adjustment process of
international workers and the impact of this process on repatriates’ performance, satisfaction
and turnover intentions when they have returned to their parent companies. 122 Spanish
repatriates participated in the study. The findings confirm previous literature that some
individual - characteristics such as self-efficacy - and other variables such as changes in
autonomy at work, the creation of adequate working expectations and changes in social status
can affect adjustment to work after the repatriation. However, the repatriation adjustment
process is a dynamic phenomenon and its effects vary over time. We find that work
adjustment after two months impacts positively on performance, whereas adjustment after
nine months is correlated with higher satisfaction and an intention to stay with the firm.
Hence, this research points out the importance of reducing the duration of the adjustment
process of the business employees in order to improve some organizational outcomes. A new
model of the repatriation process is proposed which includes the time variable
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International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Volume 31 Issue 3 Páginas, inicial: 317 final: 337
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