Trailing spouse : estudo sobre a vivência da cônjuge do executivo expatriado

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Adriana Alvarenga Madia de
• Orientador(a): Souza, Rosane Mantilla de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Psicologia: Psicologia Clínica
• Departamento: Psicologia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Cônjuge do executivo expatriado; Conjuges de executivos > Aspectos psicologicos; Executivos > Psicologia; Expatriacao > Aspectos psicologicos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Trailing spouses
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/15865

Annually the number of executives that are sent with their spouses or families in an international relocation is growing. The studies try, once knowing the key variables involved in the adjustment process, to make the companies get higher levels of success in expatriations. The trailing spouses, as they are known, deeply feel the expatriation demands on their careers and on their couple relations. The present study look at the many challenges and problems faced, by these individuals, that leave their families, friends and normally, even their careers. The three case studies show that the personal resources specially the personality traits, the social abilities, and the will and determination are the strongest predictors of a good adjustment. The analysis of the relates shows that the marital resources, as free communication between the members of the couple, the concern about the other s feelings and the good time spent together are also strong indicators of a good adjustment, especially in distant cultures