... International business International relocation Cross-cultural adjustment International expatriate research International management studies Cross-cultural adjustment is an essential aspect of doing business globally and it requires expatriate professionals to cope with the challenge of a new...

...Frank Fitzpatrick Purpose The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the use of the term “culture shock” in international management studies and cross-cultural research and to propose a paradigmatic shift in how the term is understood for future research. The experience of “culture shock...