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Chapter 5 100 Logistical support related positively to adjustment (ρ = .20). Repatriation support was not related to expatriate adjustment as evidenced by the confidence interval including zero. Table 5.2: Random effects meta-analysis of social support and success criteria. k N r ρ se CI95 CR80 I 2 Q w Q b Success 84 17718 .21 .24 .01 [ .22, .27] [ .08, .40] 96.67% 2581.55 *** Adjustment 60 12506 .21 .25 .02 [ .21, .29] [ .04, .45] 97.54% 2507.40 *** 12.38 ** Aggregated 20 4200 .26 .31 .05 [ .21, .40] [ .07, .38] 97.66% 895.98 *** 4.47 General 36 7420 .20 .23 .02 [ .18, .27] [ .05, .42] 91.37% 426.81 *** Interaction 33 6968 .20 .23 .03 [ .18, .28] [ .02, .59] 93.50% 521.26 *** Work 41 9184 .20 .22 .02 [ .18, .27] [ .03, .42] 93.98% 695.87 *** Commitment 18 3549 .28 .33 .03 [ .27, .40] [ .15, .52] 95.97% 515.28 *** Aggregated 7 1565 .31 .38 .04 [ .30, .45] [ .15, .55] 87.51% 62.31 *** 11.75 ** Affective 12 2077 .30 .35 .05 [ .26, .44] [-.03, .20] 95.12% 272.72 *** Continuance 3 685 .07 .09 .05 [-.02, .19] [ .06, .63] 79.54% 26.53 *** Normative 4 1009 .29 .35 .11 [ .13, .57] [ .25, .51] 93.27% 62.39 *** Performance 33 5703 .16 .19 .02 [ .15, .23] [ .03, .35] 89.84% 343.38 *** Extra-role 10 2083 .20 .25 .04 [ .18, .32] [ .11, .40] 89.15% 105.79 *** 2.92 Task 31 4744 .15 .17 .02 [ .12, .22] [-.01, .35] 88.47% 277.86 *** Retention (in) 27 6167 .18 .21 .02 [ .16, .25] [ .06, .35] 89.75% 271.55 *** Assignment 19 3188 .17 .20 .03 [ .14, .26] [ .02, .37] 89.81% 192.31 *** 1.23 County 3 372 .13 .14 .08 [-.02, .30] [-.04, .32] 91.31% 37.91 *** Organization 13 3720 .19 .21 .02 [ .17, .25] [ .12, .31] 70.57% 46.15 *** Note: k = number of independent studies; N = total independent sample size; r = estimated correlation in the population; ρ = estimated true correlation in the population; se = standard error of the true correlation; CI95 = 95% confidence interval of the true correlation; CR80 = 80% credibility interval of the true correlation; I 2 = variance in true effect sizes as proportion of total variance; Q w = test of within-group homogeneity; Q b = test of between-group homogeneity. * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001 Table 5.3: Random effects meta-analysis of social support and cross-cultural adjustment k N r ρ se CI95 CR80 I 2 Q w Q b Community domain 9 2100 .21 .25 .07 [ .12, .38] [ .00, .50] 97.05% 350.87 *** 4.21 General friends 5 1589 .27 .32 .10 [ .11, .52] [ .02, .62] 97.18% 179.33 *** 2.92 Expatriates 5 795 .11 .13 .09 [-.04, .30] [-.12, .38] 94.88% 64.23 *** Host country nationals 6 870 .19 .22 .09 [ .04, .40] [ .07, .51] 95.37% 64.24 *** Family domain 19 3791 .27 .32 .03 [ .26, .39] [ .13, .52] 94.79% 396.30 *** General family 9 2188 .21 .25 .11 [ .03, .47] [ .17, .67] 98.23% 340.30 *** 0.48 Spousal support 12 1929 .26 .32 .04 [ .23, .40] [ .13, .50] 94.91% 141.70 *** Work domain 49 10726 .21 .24 .02 [ .19, .28] [ .04, .43] 97.16% 1768.36 *** Mentoring 7 1268 .24 .27 .12 [ .03, .50] [ .14, .68] 98.60% 318.28 *** 9.77 Peer support 13 3235 .23 .27 .05 [ .18, .36] [ .05, .49] 96.46% 185.23 *** Supervisory support 11 2257 .21 .24 .03 [ .19, .30] [ .13, .36] 78.11% 37.31 *** Cross-cultural training 17 3624 .15 .16 .06 [ .05, .28] [ .14, .47] 97.96% 683.03 *** Logistical support 6 1222 .17 .20 .05 [ .10, .30] [ .03, .37] 90.53% 44.44 *** POS 18 3705 .20 .23 .04 [ .16, .31] [ .03, .44] 92.99% 201.72 *** POS adjustment 4 727 .31 .36 .07 [ .22, .49] [ .18, .53] 85.62% 27.39 *** POS career 7 1450 .20 .23 .08 [ .07, .40] [ .05, .52] 94.95% 94.26 *** POS financial 9 1646 .21 .25 .05 [ .16, .33] [ .07, .42] 86.90% 76.40 *** Repatriation support 5 1698 .11 .12 .07 [-.03, .26] [-.09, .33] 89.27% 34.92 *** Note: k = number of independent studies; N = total independent sample size; r = estimated correlation in the population; ρ = estimated true correlation in the population; se = standard error of the true correlation; CI95 = 95% confidence interval of the true correlation; CR80 = 80% credibility interval of the true correlation; I 2 = variance in true effect sizes as proportion of total variance; Q w = test of within-group homogeneity; Q b = test of between-group homogeneity; POS = perceived organizational support. * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001