Table 1.

Four types of factors related to international adjustment or acculturation (based on earlier research)

Theoretical framework
Individual	Occupational	Support	Cultural
Mendenhall and Oddou (1985)
Self-oriented	–	Others-oriented	Cultural toughness
Perceptual
Black et al. (1991)
Individual	Job	Organisational	Non-work
	Organisational culture	Socialisation	Organisational culture
Arthur et al. (1995)
Relational skills	Job knowledge	Family situation	Extra-cultural openness
Flexibility	Motivation
Adaptability
Adams and van de Vijver (2015)
Purpose	–	Support	Cultural distances