Antecedents of work readjustment of professional returnees: evidence from Vietnam
| Autor: | Hung Trong Hoang, Nga Thi Thuy Ho |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Government
Public Administration Vietnamese 05 social sciences Context (language use) Affect (psychology) General Business Management and Accounting language.human_language 0506 political science Test (assessment) Work (electrical) 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration language Demographic economics Duration (project management) Psychology 050203 business & management Repatriation |
| Zdroj: | Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration. 12:58-72 |
| ISSN: | 1757-4323 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/apjba-05-2019-0118 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors influencing work readjustment of Vietnamese returnees who used to study and/or work in a developed country and are currently working in different positions in their home country.Design/methodology/approachData for this study were collected through a survey of 433 returnees using both paper-based and online surveys. Multiple regression was used to test the relationships in the model.FindingsThe findings show that while the length of time spent overseas, work expectations and subjective norm significantly affect work readjustment, the influences of age, gender and length of time since return on work readjustment are not supported.Practical implicationsThe findings provide useful insights for home country government and managers of returnees developing repatriation programs that help returnees deal with the issue of poor work readjustment.Originality/valueEmpirical studies on cross-cultural re-entry adjustment of both self-initiated repatriates and international students are scarcely investigated. Most prior studies focused on individual factors (such as gender, age, duration in overseas and since return), research on the effect of work expectation on work readjustment is still scant. Most prior studies focused on examining the relationship between work expectation and work readjustment of company repatriates, however, this relationship in the context of returnees, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, has not been investigated. Furthermore, this study is the first to examine the influence of subjective norm on work readjustment of returnees. |
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