A Conceptual Framework For The Repatriates Work Adjustment: The Mediating Role Of Career Ambition

Abstract

In Recent Years, An Increasing Number Of Professionals View International Assignments As An Opportunity For Career Development And Take Steps To Acquire Such Experience With The Belief That This Will Increase Their Career Prospects In Their Institutions As Well As In The Global Job Market. After The Completion Of An International Assignment, Individuals Return To Their Home Countries And Become Repatriates. Repatriation Transitions Are Anxious And Stressful And Can Also Create Surprises And Uncertainties. The Current Study Aims To Develop A Conceptual Framework On The Repatriates Work Adjustment In GCC. Based On Theory Of Work Adjustment (TWA) And Job Dimension Theory, The Current Research Developed A Comprehensive Framework. Further The Current Study Proposes To Test The Indirect Path For Job Dimension And Work Adjustment Using Career Ambition. The Current Study Helps Academicians And Researchers To Further Expand The Knowledge By Conducting Empirical Studies On Work Adjustment. To The Best Of Current Study’s Author Knowledge, There Is A Scarcity Of Literature On GCC Repatriates’ Work Adjustment, And The Current Study Is One Of Its Own Kind Of Research.