ERIC Number: EJ1313438
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct
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Repatriates' Work Engagement: Proactive Behavior, Perceived Support, and Adjustment
Journal of Career Development, v48 n5 p686-700 Oct 2021
This article examined the influence of academic repatriates' proactive behavior, perceived organizational support, and coworker support on repatriation adjustment and work engagement. The study was conducted with a group of 102 (71 males, 31 females) Sri Lankan academic repatriates. Survey data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results indicated that repatriates' proactive behaviors, perceived organizational, and coworker support had an important role to play in the prediction of repatriation adjustment. Further, results indicated the essential role of individuals, groups, and the organization on repatriation adjustment and work engagement of academic repatriates. By empirically investigating antecedents and consequences of repatriation adjustment of academic repatriates, this study broadens the context of repatriation research. Also, this study introduced adjustment as a predictor of work engagement and found it had more influence on engagement than the perceived support practices among academic repatriates.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Overseas Employment, Reentry Workers, Teacher Behavior, Adjustment (to Environment), Predictor Variables, Socialization, Collegiality
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sri Lanka
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