Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Speech Communication
First Advisor
Devorah Lieberman
Date of Publication
1991
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech Communication
Department
Speech Communication
Language
English
Subjects
Reverse culture shock, International business enterprises -- Employees, Employees -- Relocation, American corporations -- Employees
DOI
10.15760/etd.6187
Physical Description
1 online resource (117 p.)
Abstract
While much research and attention have focused on sojourn adjustment to a new culture, very little research has addressed readjustment to the home culture. This research studies the problems of repatriation work adjustment experienced by U.S. corporate employees. This study also.suggests that cultural readjustment is situational and a multifaceted process which is influenced by many different variables. Interviews with 25 corporate repatriated employees were conducted using a 22-question survey instrument. Repatriates were asked to rate their readjustment experiences on a seven-item Likert scale. Respondents also had the opportunity to expand on their answers with open-ended questions. Fourteen variables were examined for their relationship to cultural readjustment and to each other. Of these 14 variables, the ability for repatriates to use job skills which were learned overseas and number of overseas assignments were found to positively relate to readjustment. As predicted, the amount of autonomy expatriates experienced overseas was found to relate negatively to repatriation work readjustment. Based on these findings, recommendations to facilitate readjustment to the corporate home environment are proposed.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25154
Recommended Citation
Locke, Steven A., "Reentry shock in the corporate environment" (1991). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4303.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6187
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