Adjustment of Chinese mainland vs. Western business expatriates assigned to Hong Kong

Abstract

Business expatriates from the PRC mainland and Western countries assigned to Hong Kong were surveyed assessing their sociocultural and psychological adjustment. Despite their common cultural heritage, the results showed that Chinese mainland business expatriates were less well adjusted to work and life in Hong Kong than their Western counterparts. Implications of these findings are discussed and future avenues for improving and extending this kind of exploratory research are examined.

Citation

Selmer, J., Ebrahimi, B.P. and Mingtao, L. (2000), "Adjustment of Chinese mainland vs. Western business expatriates assigned to Hong Kong", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 21 No. 7, pp. 553-565. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720010379006