published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

International assignments are increasingly important in the global business world but many assignments end up in failure causing heavy losses on many expatriates and their organizations. This study employees a multi-dimensional approach, as suggested by much of the literature on international assignments of Australian expatriates in Korea and Korean expatriates in Australia. Hierarchical regression indicated that their expatriate success in performance can be accurately predicted by ‘Family Adaptation’ how well the family adapted to the overseas location, ‘Nationality’ where Korean respondents reported a much higher level of family adaptation with the move compared to Australian managers, and ‘Age’ that older managers were more likely to report success with an overseas posting. ‘Family adaptation’ with overseas work assignments, was determined by the level of ‘Spouse Agreement’ and ‘Nationality.’ Overall, Korean expatriates rated their own performance and level of adaptation much higher than those of Australians in all measurement categories. The Korean group may have outperformed the Australian expatriate group in adjustment and performance, possibly due to their strength in language skills, educational level, religious and socialization commitments, situation-orientation, but most importantly, due to the stability in family and spouse relationships. The outcome suggests that organizations should address the issues related to spouse adjustment in order to ensure successful expatriate operations, from the stage of accepting assignments to the repatriation stage. There is some evidence at least in this research to suggest that these findings need to be replicated with larger samples and considered in future management policy.

Thesis (doctoral)--Aston University, 1997. / BLDSC reference no.: DX201518.

Thesis (D.B.A.)--Murdoch University, 2008. / Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Law and Business. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-105).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 435-455).

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references.

published_or_final_version / Business / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

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Sone, Ayako. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-189). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Hong Kong As a Site for Research / Literature Review / Methodology / The Structure of the Thesis / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Working in Hong Kong --- p.36 / Expatriates / Locally-Hired Japanese / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Ways of Living in Hong Kong --- p.76 / Japanese-Oriented / Immersion in Hong Kong / "The ""Japanese"" Identity of Global Talks in Hong Kong" / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter 4: --- With the Family in Hong Kong --- p.120 / Japanese-Japanese Marriage / Cross-Cultural Marriage / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Conclusion / What is Japanese Cultural ldentity? / Globalization and Japanese Cultural ldentity / Japanese ldentity and Japan in the Future / Appendix --- p.181 / Bibliography --- p.183