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Adjusting to job relocation: Relocation preparation can reduce relocation stress
Author(s) -
Martin Robin
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317999166626
Subject(s) - relocation , enthusiasm , psychology , contentment , mental health , social psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , programming language
This study, for the first time, examines the relationship between pre‐move relocation preparation with psychological well‐being to job relocation. Psychological reactions of 54 relocators were measured before and after their move. The greater the reported pre‐move relocation preparation the better was the relocators' post‐move mental health and job‐related contentment and enthusiasm. Furthermore, pre‐move relocation preparation was associated with reduced problems during the move and this, in turn, resulted in better post‐move adjustment.