Title Page
Abstract
Contents
Ⅰ. Introduction 9
Ⅱ. Literature Review 14
1. Cross-Cultural Adjustment Definition 14
2. Cross-Cultural Adjustment Theories 15
1) Culture Shock and the U-curve Theory 15
2) Social Learning Theory (SLT) 17
3) Psychological and Sociocultural Adjustment Theory 18
3. Proactive Personality 21
4. The Four Facets of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) 23
5. Present Research 32
Ⅲ. Theoretical Framework 35
1. Proactive Personality and Cross-cultural Adjustment (Psychological and Sociocultural Adjustment together) 35
2. The Mediating Role of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) 38
Ⅳ. Research Model and Hypothesis 40
Ⅴ. Methodology 43
Ⅵ. Results 51
Ⅶ. Discussion 58
References 64
Abstract in Korean 88
APPENDIX_SURVEY MEASURES GIVEN TO PARTICIPANTS 89
Table 1. Demographic Profile of Participants 45
Table 2. Description of Study Measures 50
Table 3. The Relationship between Variables (Pearson Correlation) 53
Table 4. Verification result of mediation effect 56
Table 5. Mediating effect significance verification 57
Figure 1. Research Model 40
Figure 2. Mediating Effect of Cultural Intelligence in the relationship between Proactive Personality and Cross-cultural Adjustment 57