Social Support and Expatriate Spouses' Wellbeing: The Mediating Role of Cross-Cultural Adjustment
Hazel Melanie Ramos et al.
What the paper says
International assignments constitute a significant life-changing and stressful event for the spouses of expatriates. Social support and cross-cultural adjustment has consistently been identified as critical determinants of overall expatriate assignment success. Social support constitutes a critical component of individuals' daily lives and can affect an individual's wellbeing. For expatriate spouses on international assignments, such social support can have added significance. However, to date little is known empirically of how the sources of expatriate spouses' social support affect their wellbeing. The current study seeks to address this issue from a cross-cultural adjustment perspective, by proposing a model which examines the mediating effects of cross-cultural adjustment on the relationship between sources of social support and expatriate spouse wellbeing. Based on a sample of 280 expatriate spouses we find that social support from family, friends and significant other effects wellbeing. However, cross-cultural adjustment only mediated the relationships between social support from friends and wellbeing.
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Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.25 × 0.4 = 0.10 |
| M · momentum | 0.20 × 0.15 = 0.03 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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