Analyzing the Adjustment of American Business Expatriates in China: Professionalism, Culture and Social Support

Author

Ramelle MuellerFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-9-2020

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Croft Institute for International Studies

First Advisor

Gang Guo

Second Advisor

Milorad Novicevic

Third Advisor

William Schenck

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive literature review of the American expatriate adjustment process to life in China. Additionally, online textual analysis on expatriate forum website was conducted to better understand the expatriate perspective and examines empirically the relevance of multiple factors of the expatriate adjustment process. Overarching factors include; work adjustment, general adjustment and interpersonal adjustment, which serve as the framework for this paper.

Recommended Citation

Mueller, Ramelle, "Analyzing the Adjustment of American Business Expatriates in China: Professionalism, Culture and Social Support" (2020). Honors Theses. 1523.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1523

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