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Dear Colleagues First, I want to apologize for any cross-postings. We are conducting a meta-analysis related to Black, Mendenhall & Oddou’s (1991) framework of international adjustment. We have performed a comprehensive search of the published literature and are now seeking other unpublished papers that cover the relationship between anticipatory/pre-assignment or in-country variables and the degree of expatriates' adjustment during international assignments. Specifically, the kinds of independent variables we are tracking include different measures of anticipatory/pre-assignment adjustment (e.g., on an individual level: cross-cultural training or previous experience; on the organizational level: selection mechanisms and criteria) and in-country adjustment (e.g., on an individual level: self-efficacy, relation skills, perception skills; on the job-level: role clarity/discretion/novelty/conflict; on the organizational level: organizational culture novelty, social support, logistical help, socializations tactics, socialization content; non-work influences: culture novelty, family/spouse adjustment). The dependent variables are the three dimensions of adjustment: work, interaction and cultural/general. If you have an unpublished study in press, in manuscript form, or in progress, we would be very grateful to hear about it, you can send them via e-mail to [log in to unmask] Of course, your work would also be included or cited in our eventual paper. Thank you in advance for your assistance! Best wishes, Stefan -- Dr. Stefan Volk Assistant Professor Tübingen University Department of International Business Melanchthonstr. 30 72074 Tübingen Germany Phone +49 7071 29 74050 Fax +49 7071 29 5534 ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.