| Abstract [eng] |
Rising costs of failed international assignments underscore the urgent need to address the well-being of expatriates. As work-related stress has emerged as a major driver of premature repatriation, it becomes important to identify how the difficulties of relocation influence professional strain. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the impact of expatriates’ cross-cultural adjustment (CCA) on work stress. Grounded on the foundation that a disbalance between the individual’s resources, needs, and efforts and the environmental demands, supplies, and rewards causes misalignment and stress, this thesis intends to elucidate the complex nature of CCA along its three dimensions (general, interaction, and work), its antecedents, and how it translates to work stress. The thesis provides empirical research on foreign citizens working in an international organization in Lithuania as expatriates,which determines how expatriates' CCA and its dimensions impact work stress, and also evaluates the role of organizational and contextual factors in predicting CCA. This research contributes to closing a gap in the literature on expatriate work stress, organizational and contextual factors’ importance for CCA, and quantitative expatriate research in the Lithuanian context. |
