Factors affecting expatriate adjustment in Vietnam
Abstract
Expatriate adjustment has been receiving more and more academic attention due to its increasing importance in globalization trend. There are many antecedents and outcomes of cross-cultural adjustment of expatriates. This research explores the relationships among Vietnamese proficiency, four dimensions of cultural intelligence and expatriate adjustment. The study was conducted with data from 379 expatriates living/lived in Vietnam. The results reveal that Vietnamese proficiency and metacognitive cultural intelligence affect general adjustment indirectly through work and interaction adjustment. Meanwhile, cognitive cultural intelligence only general adjustment but not the other two facets. The researcher also give practical implications for corporations, international human resource management practitioners and individual expatriates.
Keyword: expatriate adjustment, cultural intelligence, host-country language proficiency, expatriate.