Abstract
The new context of the Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development has reached the attention of the scientific community in recent years, due to its comprehensive approach aimed at enhancing the sustainability of interpersonal and intrapersonal talent, as well as of groups and communities. In this scenario, research on employee cross-cultural adjustment (CCA) is considered a key theme in human resource management. It is known that psychological support in the host country may alleviate distress and facilitate the integration of the expatriate workers. However, there is a lack of research investigating expatriate adjustment as an antecedent of the perceived organizational support. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship among cross-cultural adjustment (CCA), perception of organizational support (POS), work-related stress (WRS), and innovation, considering these factors as a part of a unique innovative framework. A cross sectional study was performed using a sample of 234 expatriate workers of a multinational organization. Data were collected through a monitoring survey for the assessment of work-related stress risk factors of their expatriate staff. The results showed a positive correlation between CCA, POS, and innovation. On the other hand, a negative correlational effect of CCA and WRS, CCA and POS on WRS, and POS and WRS was found. Finally, POS was found to be a significant antecedent of CCA. These findings have implications for both international human resource management researchers and practitioners.
Highlights
In recent years, the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development has gained scientific attention due to its comprehensive approach aimed at enhancing the sustainability of interpersonal and intrapersonal talent, as well as of groups and communities [1,2,3]
Results of Structural Equation Model (SEM) showed a significant relationship between cross-cultural adjustment (CCA) and perception of organizational support (POS) (O = 0.490; p < 0.01), and between POS and work-related stress (WRS) (O = −0.689; p < 0.01), confirming the hypothesis of CCA as antecedent of POS
Considering that the direct relationship between the variables CCA and WRS does not seem significant, POS plays the role of mediator between the two variables (Table 3)
Summary
The psychology of sustainability and sustainable development has gained scientific attention due to its comprehensive approach aimed at enhancing the sustainability of interpersonal and intrapersonal talent, as well as of groups and communities [1,2,3]. The most common and known staffing approach to fill international positions is an expatriate assignment, in which the employee expatriates to a foreign country to live and work for at least one year, in order to fulfill a specific role, and repatriates back to the home country [7]. The psychology of sustainability and sustainable development takes care of personal careers and life projects, trying to promote effective and sustainable well-being for individuals and environments from a psychological research perspective [8,9]. “Psychology of Harmonization”, embedded in the new research area of Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development, underlines the value of taking care of a harmonic recomposition, considering both temporal and geographical aspects. Aimed at promoting health and well-being with the natural environment and in different environments, the psychology of harmonization offers a framework to identify and set up new prevention strategies aimed at dealing with the cross-cultural challenge [10]
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