| This quantitative study investigated the relationship between marital status and adjustment levels of international workers. For married expatriates, the collocation or separation of spouses was also considered. In addition to marital status and spouse location, attributes related to adjustment in previous expatriate studies were reinvestigated with the current study's data set. These independent attributes considered how children, foreign language skills, previous international experience, and having local friendships related to adjustment levels of expatriates. An internet survey captured responses to sociocultural and psychological adjustment scales to comprise overall adjustment. Responses from 445 expatriates working in 71 countries were analyzed using ANOVA. A statistically significant relationship was shown between having local friends and expatriate adjustment. The analysis indicated no statistically significant relationship between overall adjustment and: marital status, location of the spouse, children, language capability, or previous experience. Findings indicated that adjustment is a complex process involving many factors. |
