%0 Journal Article
%T Who adapts better to Brazil: Expatriates from developed or Latin American countries? Revisiting cultural distance
%A Bruno Felix
%A Maria Luisa Mendes Teixeira
%A Moises Balassiano
%J International Journal of Cross Cultural Management
%@ 1741-2838
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1470595819839749
%X This study aimed to compare transcultural adaptation for expatriates from Latin American countries with those from developed countries, with the intent of evaluating the premise of a negative association between cultural distance and adaptation for the Brazilian context. A final valid sample of 217 cases was reached. Our results suggest that the theory of cultural distance as a predictor of difficulties in transcultural adaptation cannot be generalized for the Brazilian expatriate host environment context. Participants¡¯ responses show that expatriates originating from developed countries adapt in a more satisfactory manner than Latin American expatriates, even though they are more culturally distant
%K Brazil
%K cultural distance
%K expatriates
%K foreignism
%K Latin America
%K transcultural adaptation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1470595819839749