Problem‐focused versus emotion‐focused coping strategies and repatriation adjustment
研究回国人员的应对策略与适应关系，发现情绪导向策略与适应负相关，问题导向策略与互动和工作适应正相关，对管理外派回国人员有参考价值。
Abstract Failure to cope with a stressful repatriation transition can derail the global career experience. Repatriate stress‐coping behaviors have not been examined empirically, however. This study explores the factor structure of an extensive array of coping strategies and their relation with repatriate adjustment. Data collected from 282 repatriates involved in a boundaryless repatriation experience reveal a factor structure consistent with problem‐ and emotion‐focused dimensions documented elsewhere. Regression analysis finds negative associations between emotion‐focused coping strategies and repatriate general, interaction, and work adjustment and positive relations between problem‐focused strategies and repatriate interaction and work adjustment. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.