Toward a person-centered approach to cross-cultural adjustment:
comparing profiles between female and male expatriates

J 2025

Toward a person-centered approach to cross-cultural adjustment: comparing profiles between female and male expatriates

LIANGHUI, Lei; Thi Alice NGO; Honglan YU; Kweku ADAMS; Ondřej ČÁSTEK et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Toward a person-centered approach to cross-cultural adjustment: comparing profiles between female and male expatriates

Autoři

LIANGHUI, Lei; Thi Alice NGO; Honglan YU; Kweku ADAMS a Ondřej ČÁSTEK

Vydání

Journal of Business Research, NEW YORK, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2025, 0148-2963

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50204 Business and management

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 9.800 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14560/25:00142294

Organizační jednotka

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Female expatriates; Expatriate profiles; Person-centered research; Conservation of resources theory; Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 27. 2. 2026 22:23, Eliška Poláčková

Anotace

V originále

This study advances our understanding of expatriate adjustment by integrating a person-centered approach with the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory to compare the cross-cultural adjustment profiles of female and male expatriates. We examine how gender, marital status, extraversion, cultural intelligence (CQ), and host-country language proficiency collectively impact cross-cultural interaction adjustment. Using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) on 106 expatriates in the Czech Republic, we find that female expatriates can achieve adjustment levels comparable to their male counterparts; however, success requires a broader and more integrated set of personal resources, especially for married women. These findings challenge assumptions of homogeneous expatriate experiences and highlight the need for profile-specific strategies in expatriate management. The study extends COR theory by demonstrating how structural disadvantages shape resource accumulation processes and by expanding the principle of equifinality to emphasize configuration-based pathways to adjustment. It also shows that expatriate adjustment depends on the interplay and synergy of multiple personal traits rather than isolated characteristics. Our results offer practical implications for developing targeted support mechanisms tailored to different expatriate subgroups.

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Toward_a_person-centered_approach_to_cross-cultural_adjustment_comparing_profiles_between_female_and_male_expatriates.pdf

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Citovat

LIANGHUI, Lei; Thi Alice NGO; Honglan YU; Kweku ADAMS a Ondřej ČÁSTEK. Toward a person-centered approach to cross-cultural adjustment: comparing profiles between female and male expatriates. Journal of Business Research. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2025, roč. 201, December, s. 1-12. ISSN 0148-2963. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115733.

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N2  - This study advances our understanding of expatriate adjustment by integrating a person-centered approach with the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory to compare the cross-cultural adjustment profiles of female and male expatriates. We examine how gender, marital status, extraversion, cultural intelligence (CQ), and host-country language proficiency collectively impact cross-cultural interaction adjustment. Using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) on 106 expatriates in the Czech Republic, we find that female expatriates can achieve adjustment levels comparable to their male counterparts; however, success requires a broader and more integrated set of personal resources, especially for married women. These findings challenge assumptions of homogeneous expatriate experiences and highlight the need for profile-specific strategies in expatriate management. The study extends COR theory by demonstrating how structural disadvantages shape resource accumulation processes and by expanding the principle of equifinality to emphasize configuration-based pathways to adjustment. It also shows that expatriate adjustment depends on the interplay and synergy of multiple personal traits rather than isolated characteristics. Our results offer practical implications for developing targeted support mechanisms tailored to different expatriate subgroups.
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LIANGHUI, Lei; Thi Alice NGO; Honglan YU; Kweku ADAMS a Ondřej ČÁSTEK. Toward a person-centered approach to cross-cultural adjustment: comparing profiles between female and male expatriates. \textit{Journal of Business Research}. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2025, roč.~201, December, s.~1-12. ISSN~0148-2963. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115733.

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