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When organizational relocation means family relocation: An emerging issue for strategic human resource management
Author(s) -
Lawson Marian B.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.3930330104
Subject(s) - relocation , business , human resource management , resource (disambiguation) , human resources , operations management , management , economics , computer science , computer network , programming language
Relocations of entire organizational units raise special family adjustment issues. This article reports on the reactions of employees and their families to such a relocation. Employees' adjustment was more strongly related to nonwork and family impacts of the move than to factors in the workplace. Adjustment was more difficult for families inexperienced in relocation, despite extensive company assistance programs.