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DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.15219/em107.1682

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Golińska, A., & Kwiatkowska, A. (2024). Subjective well-being of sojourners and its determinants: evidence from Mexico. e-mentor, 5(107), 66-75. https://www.doi.org/10.15219/em107.1682

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Subjective well-being of sojourners and its determinants: evidence from Mexico

Agnieszka Golińska, Anna Kwiatkowska

Trends in management

Abstract

This study aims to examine the predictors of the psychological adjustment of sojourners in Mexico, focusing on acculturation, individualistic and collectivistic values, contact and social interactions, language proficiency, and sociodemographic characteristics. The adjustment was operationalised as subjective well-being, measured as satisfaction and ill-being. The study focuses on international students, expats and retirees (N = 363, 66.7% women) having lived in Mexico between six months and 10 years (M = 3.38; SD = 2.67).The results of linear regression analyses show that age is the best predictor of the level of adjustment. The study sheds light on the predictors of sojourners’ well-being in the specific and often overlooked context of migration to a collectivist country, i.e. Mexico.

Keywords: adjustment, well-being, acculturation, sojourners, Mexico

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About the authors

Author's photo Agnieszka Golińska
Agnieszka Golińska

The author is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at SWPS University and Head of the Management and Leadership II degree program. For several years, she lectured and conducted research at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. Her research areas include organisational behaviour, diversity and inclusion, and cross-cultural management. She is interested in acculturation of international professionals, multiculturalism in the workplace, and the acculturation expectations of the host society. She has participated in research projects in Poland, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Author's photo Anna Kwiatkowska
Anna Kwiatkowska

The author is a professor at the Institute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences, where she works as the Head of the Cultural Psychology and Cross-cultural Research Laboratory. Her research areas include social psychology, cross-cultural and cultural psychology, and environmental psychology. She explores psychological and social processes from both a gender perspective (such as identity problems of immigrant women), and a cross-cultural perspective (including acculturation, cultural identity, aggression, interpersonal violence, deception, coping with stress, pro-environmental attitudes, etc.). She is the author of numerous papers published in international journals, chapters, and monographs, such as Wielokulturowość w ujęciu interdyscyplinarnym (2019); The small and big deceptions: in psychology and evolutional science perspectives (2015) with A. Łukasik, Mężczyzna polski: psychospołeczne czynniki warunkujące pełnienie ról zawodowych i rodzinnych (2006), with A. Nowakowska.