Coping and adjustment of Western expatriate managers in Hong Kong

Jan Selmer

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2001, vol. 17, issue 2, 167-185

Abstract: This article examines coping mechanisms of Western expatriate business managers in Hong Kong to determine how these strategies are associated with the expatriates' sociocultural and psychological adjustment. This is important since the few previous studies that have touched upon expatriate coping strategies have focused on other topics which affected both their samples, methodology and findings. Furthermore, effective coping strategies can be taught in cultural training programs better preparing expatriate candidates for their foreign assignments. As predicted, the results indicated a clear positive association between problem focused coping and both sociocultural and psychological adjustment as well as a negative relation between symptom focused coping and both dimensions of adjustment. Implications for international business firms and future research of the findings are discussed in detail.

Keywords: Coping; strategies; International; adjustment; Business; expatriates; Hong; Kong (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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