REPATRIATE SPOUSES' AND CHILDREN'S READJUSTMENT TO THE HOME COUNTRY AND THE IMPACT ON REPATRIATES READJUSTMENT
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Date
2011-01
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ISMAIL, MAHAZIR
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Abstract
The main objective of the present study is to examine the relationships between
repatriate family members' (spouses and children) readjustment and repatriates'
readjustment to their home country. There are many antecedents that are related to
repatriate spouses and children readjustment. However, individual-related factors
repatriate spouses and children are the main focus of the present study. Seven main
hypotheses were formulated in order to achieve the objectives of the present study. A
total of 207 repatriates, 177 repatriate spouses and 131 repatriate children are
involved in this study and the respondents come from all around the world. The
researcher found that flexibility of the repatriate spouses' personality characteristic is
highly related to repatriate spouses' psychological well-being and their general
readjustment to the home country. In addition, emotional stability also indicates as a
strong antecedent for repatriate spouses' general readjustment. The findings of the
present study also supports that satisfaction with new friends and acquaintances in
the home country is negatively and significantly related to repatriate spouses'
psychological well-being and general readjustment. Satisfaction with host country's
oral pleasures (in term of food, drinks and languages) is negatively and significantly
related to repatriate spouses' general readjustment. However, the present study was
not able to support the relationships between the motivation to be expatriated again
and repatriate spouses' readjustment process to the home country. For repatriate
children the researcher found that satisfaction with new friends and acquaintances is
positively and significantly related to their psychological well being and general
readjustment to the home country. Furthermore, dismissive -avoidant attachment
style among repatriate children is negatively and significantly related to repatriates'
well being. The present study manages to indicate that repatriate spouses' and
children's readjustment to the home country is important for repatriates' own
readjustment process. For the repatriates the researcher found that their psychological
well being is significantly related to their spouses' well being and children's general
readjustment. For repatriates' general readjustment, the present study found that
there is a positive and significant relationship with spouses' general readjustment.
However, the present study found that working readjustment among repatriates has
no significant relationship with their spouses' and children's readjustment. The
present study's findings highlight that it is a must for repatriates to consider the
success of readjustment process among their family members when they return to
their home country. This is important since the readjustment process of their family
members will give some impact to their readjustment and to their success in their
career in the home country. In general, the researcher can conclude that, in every
successful repatriate story there are his/her spouse and children who have been
successfully readjusted to the home country.
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READJUSTMENT , REPATRIATES