Effects of coping strategies on sociocultural and psychological adjustmentof Western expatriate managers in the PRC

Western expatriates currently working on the Chinese mainland participated in a mail survey to examine their coping strategies and adjustment to the C hinese work environment. As expected, the results suggest that managers who use problem-focused coping strategies adjust better than those using sympt om-focused strategies do. Implications of these findings for Western expatr iates assigned to China are discussed.