Emotional support on re-entry into the home country: Does it matter for repatriates’ adjustment who the providers are? |
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| Institution: | 1. Ghent University, Department of Sociology, Korte Meer 5, 9000 Gent, Belgium;2. Vlerick Business School, Area People and Organization, Bolwerklaan 21 bus 32, 1210 Brussels, Belgium,;1. Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA;2. One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA;3. Department of English, Chico State University, Chico, CA 95929, USA;4. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA;1. Tilburg University, The Netherlands;2. Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Turkey;3. North–West University, South Africa;4. University of Queensland, Australia;1. Northeastern University, International Business and Strategy, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA;2. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Calle Madrid, 126, 28903 Getafe, Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the influence of repatriates’ emotional support providers (home country friends/relatives, host country friends/relatives, and friends/relatives with expatriate experience) on both their psychological and sociocultural adjustment on re-entry into their home country. The study builds on social identity theory and examines the mediating role of the salience of repatriates’ international role identity. Predictions are tested using a quantitative survey data of 121 repatriates. The results show a positive indirect effect of the amount of support repatriates receive from home country friends/relatives on both dimensions of adjustment through a decreased salience of their international role identity. Furthermore, analyses show a negative indirect effect of maintaining supportive connections with host country friends/relatives on both psychological and sociocultural adjustment through an increased salience of repatriates’ international role identity. The results also show a direct effect of having or not having host country friends/relatives as emotional support providers in such a way that repatriates who do not have supportive host country friends/relatives are better psychologically adjusted upon re-entry. This study raises new questions about generally accepted advice for the adjustment strategies of expatriates, such as building connections with host country nationals. |
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| Keywords: | Psychological adjustment Sociocultural adjustment Emotional support Role identity |
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