臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

Managerial behaviors related to performance in a country such as the U.S. may not be related to performance in a country such as Taiwan, and visa versa. Therefore it is clear that an expatriate manager sent overseas will likely run into a number of complications and uncertainties. To gain insight in the area of cultural adjustment, this study analyzes Taiwanese co-worker support, expatriate co-worker support, social capital, and cultural adjustment for expatriate English teachers in Taiwan. The results show that Taiwanese co-worker support has a significant relationship with interaction adjustment. The other independent variables had less significant relationships with cultural adjustment. Control variables ‘length of time spent in Taiwan’ and ‘Chinese language ability’ had significant relationships with general adjustment and interaction adjustment respectively.

ABSTRACT V
TABLE OF CONTENTS VI
LIST OF TABLES IX
LIST OF FIGURES X
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Research Background 1
1.2 Research Motivations 5
1.3 The Purpose and Scope of the Study 6
1.4 Structure of the Research 9
1.5 Research Process 10
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 12
2.1 Definition of Research Constructs 12
2.1.1 Cultural Adjustment 12
2.1.2 Social Capital 14
2.1.3 Social Support 17
2.1.4 Control Variables 21
2.2 Interrelationship among Research Constructs 22
2.2.1 Interrelationship between Social Capital and Social Support 22
2.2.2 Interrelationship between Social Capital and Cultural Adjustment 23
2.2.3 Interrelationship between Social Support and Cultural Adjustment 23
CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 26
3.1 The Conceptual Model 26
3.2 Construct Measurement 27
3.2.1 Social Capital 27
3.2.2 Social Support 28
3.2.3 Cultural Adjustment 29
3.2.4 Respondent’s Information 30
3.3 Hypotheses to Be Tested 30
3.4 Selection of Location and Respondents 30
3.5 Questionnaire Design 31
3.6 Sample Plan 31
3.7 Data Analysis Procedure 31
3.7.1 Descriptive Statistic Analysis 31
3.7.2 Factor Analysis and Reliability Tests 32
3.8 Research Limitations 33
CHAPTER FOUR DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS, RELIABILITY TESTS, RESEARCH ANALYSIS AND RESULTS 34
4.1 Descriptive Analysis 34
4.2 Data Collection 34
4.3 Characteristics of Respondents 35
4.4 Measurement Results for Relevant Research Variables 36
4.5 Factor Analysis and Reliability Tests 40
4.6 Regression Analyses between Research Constructs 44
4.6.1 Results of Regression Analyses for Social Support and Cultural Adjustment 44
4.6.2 Results of Regression Analyses for Social Capital and Cultural Adjustment 48
4.7 One-way ANOVA 53
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 56
5.1 Research Conclusions 56
5.2 Research Suggestions and Discussions 59
5.3 Research Contribution and Suggestions for Future Research 61
REFERENCES 63
APPENDIXES 69
Questionnaire 69

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