J. Stewart Black

TL;DR: The authors integrated theoretical and empirical work of both the international and the domestic adjustment literatures to provide a more comprehensive framework than might be obtained from either of the literatures alone, and they proposed a theoretical framework for guiding future research.

TL;DR: A review of the cross-cultural training literature is presented in this paper, and it is determined that cross-culture training in general is effective, and a theoretical framework based on social learning theory is proposed for understanding past research and for guiding future research.

TL;DR: This article examined the relationship between several variables and work role transition in the case of an overseas assignment to Japan and found that role ambiguity and role discretion were found to influence work adjustment, while predeparture knowledge, association with local nationals, and family's adjustment correlate with general adjustment of American expatriate managers in Japan.

TL;DR: This article found that a favorable opinion about the overseas assignment by the spouse is positively related to the spouse's adjustment and the novelty of the foreign culture has a negative relationship with the spouse adjustment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors described the various ways that newcomers proactively attempt to gain feelings of personal control during organizational entry and examined their longitudinal effects on self-reported performance and satisfaction in a sample of organizational newcomers.