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Relationship between the Personality and Gender and the Adjustment to a Foreign Culture: Comparative Research between Expatriates and Business Trip Travelers

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  • Hana Ornoy
  • Goni Levi- Nishri
  • Liad Uziel

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The research examines how personality characteristics and gender influence adjustment to a foreign culture among workers participating in one of two international assignment types: expatriation and frequent business trips. The research presents first evidence of relationships between personality and adjustment among business travelers, joins previous findings of relationships between personality characteristics and adjustment to a foreign culture among expatriates, and enables comparison between the two assignment types. The research contributes new findings on differences between the sexes in global employment: contrary to our hypothesis, men adjust better than women to a foreign culture in the two assignment types, in two of four dimensions examined.

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  • Hana Ornoy & Goni Levi- Nishri & Liad Uziel, 2014. "Relationship between the Personality and Gender and the Adjustment to a Foreign Culture: Comparative Research between Expatriates and Business Trip Travelers," International Journal of Business Administration, International Journal of Business Administration, Sciedu Press, vol. 5(3), pages 122-135, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:jfr:ijba11:v:5:y:2014:i:3:p:122-135
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