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As well as normal job‐related skills the expatriate and the host‐country organization must master cross‐cultural skills. Expatriates experience an adjustment process which is influenced by several antecedents. Recommends focusing on four different but interrelated adjustment processes. The level of adjustment and expatriate success is hypothesized to have positive correlation. Presents a wave‐curve hypothesis to illustrate the relationship between expatriate adjustment,expatriate work commitment, and expatriates′ decision to leave prematurely.