Primarily because of the significant rate and costs of failed international assignments, the attention paid by scholars to the topic of international adjustment has increased recently. Unfortunately, most of the work has been without substantial theoretical grounding. In an effort to move toward a theoretical framework for guiding future research, this article integrates theoretical and empirical work of both the international and the domestic adjustment literatures. This integration provides a more comprehensive framework than might be obtained from either of the literatures alone.

Toward a Comprehensive Model of International Adjustment: An Integration of Multiple Theoretical Perspectives

Increased internationalization in the economic, political, and social arenas has led to greater interpersonal cross-cultural contact. Because much of this contact has not been successful, cross-cultural training has been proposed by many scholars as a means of facilitating more effective interaction. A review of the cross-cultural training literature is presented, and it is determined that cross-cultural training in general is effective. The article also offers a theoretical framework based on social learning theory for understanding past research and for guiding future research; this is important because in this context variables seem to operate differently in international versus domestic areas.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/258109.pdf

Cross-Cultural Training Effectiveness: A Review and a Theoretical Framework for Future Research

The global economy and shifting political tides make the need for intercultural understanding and education obvious. Where historically the focus of intercultural training has been on preparing an ...

The Elusive Cultural Chameleon: Cultural Intelligence as a New Approach to Intercultural Training for the Global Manager

Making their own way: international experience through self-initiated foreign assignments

Toward the boundaryless career: a closer look at the expatriate career concept and the perceived implications of an international assignment

In order to delineate the current state of the art of overseas relocation programs in US multinational corporations, the extant literature was reviewed in the areas of expatriate personnel selection, training and career-pathing The implications of the study's findings for US MNCs are discussed and recommendations for policy change are offered

Edward Dunbar

Papers

Expatriate Selection, Training and Career‐Pathing: A Review and Critique