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An Analysis of 30 Years of Literature on the International Adjustment on of International Expatriate Managers: Bibliometric Analysis using CiteSpace

해외파견관리자의 국제적응에 관한 30년간의 문헌 분석- CiteSpace를 이용한 계량서지학적 분석

  • Ma, Chao (College of Business Administration, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kwon, Jong-Wook (College of Business Administration, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Zhang, Yong-Feng (College of Business Administration, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Pan, Jing-Jing (Department of International Trade, Kangwon National)
  • Received : 2019.08.09
  • Accepted : 2019.08.22
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

As the activities of global enterprises have become more globalized and the labor movement among nations has increased, many studies have been carried out on the effective adjustment of expatriate managers. By examining the literature over the past 30 years on the adjustment of expatriate managers, this study identified major research trends and presented future research directions. While prior studies have often been cumbersome, time-consuming, and dependent on the researchers' subjective judgments, this study performs a bibliometric analysis using quantitative and visualized reference materials to provide a map showing the evolution process of existing research on the adjustment of expatriates. Using the CiteSpace program, this study conducted a bibliometric analysis of 517 papers focusing on major research trends, research countries, research institutions, authors, and journals. Study results found that the study of international adjustment was mainly focused on self-directed senders, attribution adaptations, and personal characteristics. The United States, Britain, and Australia were the most represented countries, while the most influential institutions included Aarhus University, the University of Wisconsin, and Hong Kong Baptist University. As one of the leading researchers, Selmer of Orhuss University published 19 papers, followed by Luring of Orhuss University. The Journal of International Business Studies (JIBs) most frequently featured studies of overseas expatriate adjustment.

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This paper is a study carried out with the support of the research funding program for the challenge of the university innovation support project in 2019.

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