Expatriate work role engagement and the work–family interface: A conditional crossover and spillover perspective

How intertwined are expatriates with their families? And what makes some better than others at leveraging positive or compensating for negative influences from family life? Drawing on conservation of resources, crossover and spillover theories, we examine when partner role adjustment expatriates’ experiences, how these experiences translate into expatriate work engagement. Using data 105 expatriate–partner dyads two time points, establish the key personal resource general self-efficacy as a boundary condition spillover. We find that high experience no between adjustment, engagement By contrast, low strong Our results suggest way in which domain depends self-efficacy. contribute to work–family interface during expatriation. also pinpoint organizational interventions improve