4. Expatriate adjustment and performance
The ultimate aim of sending an expatriate on international assignment is for them to perform the expected tasks and ensuring there is a continuity of operations from the headquarters to the subsidiary. In order to fulfil this, organizations should be able to predict or identify the relevant antecedents or stressors that could maximize expatriates’ performance. Campbell (1990) defines job performance as a set of behaviors that are relevant for the goals of the organization. Effectiveness is the outcome that stem from these behaviors. Translating the latter definition to the realm of expatriates, a definition for expatriate effectiveness is the extent to which the expatriate’s job performance reflects behaviors that are relevant to the organization’s goals.