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Expatriate Adjustment, Resistance to Change, and Job Satisfaction: Exploratory Evidence on the Moderating Role of Assignment Tenure

Expat Çalışanlarda Expat Uyumu, Değişime Direnç ve İş Tatmini: Görev Süresinin Düzenleyici Rolüne İlişkin Keşfedici Bulgular

Zeynep İlhan(Isparta Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi, Isparta Meslek Yüksekokulu)0000-0001-6978-5756
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1–22
Publication Date
2026-09-22
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Among employees with at least one year of tenure, resistance to change was positively associated with overall job satisfaction.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study examined whether tenure moderates the relationships between expatriate adjustment, resistance to change, and job satisfaction among Turkish expatriates working at a newly established resort in the Maldives.
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Key Findings & Data:Using an exploratory, quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional design, data were collected from 54 employees through census sampling.
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Conclusion & Impact:Among employees with at least one year of tenure, resistance to change was positively associated with overall job satisfaction.
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⚙️Variables:Değişime Direnç · Expat Çalışanlar · Expat Uyumu

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This study examined whether tenure moderates the relationships between expatriate adjustment, resistance to change, and job satisfaction among Turkish expatriates working at a newly established resort in the Maldives. Using an exploratory, quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional design, data were collected from 54 employees through census sampling. After excluding two respondents who failed the control question, analyses were conducted on 52 valid questionnaires. Correlation, linear regression, and bootstrap-based moderation analyses were performed. The positive relationship between expatriate adjustment and job satisfaction and the negative relationship between resistance to change and job satisfaction were nonsignificant; therefore, the hypotheses were unsupported. However, tenure significantly moderated both relationships. BCa bootstrap simple-effect analyses showed that among employees with less than one year of tenure, expatriate adjustment was positively and resistance to change negatively associated with job satisfaction. Among employees with at least one year of tenure, resistance to change was positively associated with overall job satisfaction.

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Bu araştırmada, Maldivler’de yeni kurulan bir resort projesinde görev yapan Türk expat çalışanların expat uyumu ve değişime direnç düzeyleri ile iş tatminleri arasındaki ilişkilerde görev süresinin düzenleyici rolü incelenmiştir. Keşfedici nitelikteki nicel, ilişkisel ve kesitsel araştırmada, sınırlı ve erişilebilir örgütsel evrenin tamamına ulaşılması hedeflenmiş ve 54 çalışandan veri toplanmıştır. Kontrol sorusunu hatalı yanıtlayan iki katılımcı çıkarılarak analizler 52 geçerli anket üzerinden yürütülmüştür. Veriler korelasyon, doğrusal regresyon ve bootstrap temelli moderasyon analizleriyle değerlendirilmiştir. Expat uyumunun iş tatminiyle pozitif, değişime direncin ise negatif ilişkisi istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmadığından ilgili hipotezler desteklenmemiştir. Buna karşılık görev süresinin her iki ilişkiyi anlamlı biçimde düzenlediği belirlenmiştir. BCa bootstrap güven aralıklarına dayalı basit etki analizleri, bir yıldan az görev yapanlarda expat uyumunun iş tatminiyle pozitif, değişime direncin negatif ilişkili olduğunu; bir yıl ve üzerindekilerde ise değişime direnç ile iş tatmini arasında pozitif yönlü ilişki bulunduğunu göstermiştir. Bulgular, görev süresinin expat deneyiminde bir sınır koşulu olabileceğine işaret etmektedir.

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İlhan, Z. (2026). Expatriate Adjustment, Resistance to Change, and Job Satisfaction: Exploratory Evidence on the Moderating Role of Assignment Tenure. Uluborlu Mesleki Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2026, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.71445/umbd.2010166

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