한국 다국적기업 해외파견관리자들의 현지적응 분석: 개인과 조직의 역할을 중심으로

This paper examines the impact of corporate career development activities and individual coping strategies on Korean expatriate managers's adjustment. This study extends previous research on expatriate adjustment by focusing both on corporate career development activities and individual coping strategies. Data from 54 Korean expatriate managers in U.S.A., Libya, Germany, Myanmar, Japan, Vietnam, Turkey, and U.A.E. were collected to examine the effects of corporate career development activities and individual coping strategies on adjustment. The results from this study shows that individual career counselling is positively related to work adjustment. However job posting and coaching/mentoring are not related significantly to work adjustment, interaction adjustment and general adjustment. In term of individual coping strategies, problem-focused coping is positively related to work adjustment, interaction adjustment and general adjustment. On the other hand, symptom-focused coping is negatively related to interaction adjustment and general adjustment. Individual coping strategies has greater impact on work adjustment than organizational career development activities. In addition, organizational career development activities and individual coping strategies have greater impact on work adjustment than interaction adjustment. In sum, the study indicates that individual role of expatriate managers should be considered as important factor as organizational role in facilitating expatriate adjustment.