Research - participant requests, research findings and reports

This section of our website is for inviting people to participate in research (any assistance you can provide is genuinely appreciated by researchers) and publishing research findings and reports or links to them.

1. Research participant requests and findings
2. Links to various research and reports
3. New research participant requests

1. Research participant requests

Date received	Due date	Project type	Project title and link to details	From
26/11/2010	15/01/2011	Masters Thesis with online survey	The Expatriate Spouse Adjustment to Expatriate Life	Clare Wilson, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand
31/5/2010	01/07/2010	PhD Thesis with online survey	Expansion and Revision of the Sociocultural Adaptation Construct	Jessie Wilson, The Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
26/5/2010	31/07/2010	PhD Thesis with written survey	Managing non traditional expatriates in multinational companies in Asia	Noorziah Mohd Salleh, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
18/5/2010	06/06/2010	Online survey	Expat Explorer Survey 2010	Tim Mullen, HSBC Bank International, United Kingdom
22/10/2009	10/12/2009	Masters Thesis with online survey	Repatriation distress - retesting the cultural identity models	Debby van der Schuit, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
16/10/2009	30/11/2009	Professional Doctorate with online survey	Couples coping with international job relocations	Claire Hitchings, Professional Doctorate Candidate, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
1/9/2009	15/10/2009	Honours Thesis with interviews	Coming Home: Heaven or Hell? Repatriation experiences during the GFC	Timothy Vertoudakis, Organisation and Management student at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
17/7/2009	6/9/2009	Masters Thesis with online survey	Repatriation experience and the factors that influence its success	Marcia Vieira, Master of Psychology (Industrial and Organisational) student at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
28/5/2008	31/7/2008	Masters Thesis with online survey	Psychological Needs of Expatriates	Catherine McEniry, Master of Organisational Psychology student at Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
24/8/2007	17/10/2007	Masters Thesis	The influence of coping styles and support received on the psychological adjustment of the 'hidden migrant' during their process of migration to Australia.	Adena Ucko (H.dip Ed, B.A., B Ed (Education Psychology), Master of Psychology (Counselling) student at Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
3/7/2007	30/11/2007	PhD Thesis	Mapping Media-Worlds: Phenomenological Reflections on Mediated Experiences of European Expatriates in Australia	Florian Deffner, PhD Candidate University of Otago New Zealan and Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Faculty of Arts, School of Communication and Culture, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
8/11/2006	30/11/2006	Documentary Television Program	British Expats thinking about returning to the UK	Ami Jackson Fevermedia a production company for ITV
16/10/2006	25/10/2006	Masters Thesis	Expatriate Adjustment Survey	Isabel Smit, Masters of Organisational Psychology Student Monash University, Department of Psychology, Melbourne, Australia
13/08/2006	30/09/2006	Honours Thesis	Repatriation - Repatriates Survey	Katherine Wood, Honours Student, Monash University, Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia
1/08/2006	30/09/2006	Research Project	Trust and risk in the workplace	Dr Monica Whitty, Lecturer, Queens University Belfast United Kingdom
8/08/2006	30/09/2006	Census of Australians Living Abroad	One Million More	Advance, Southern Cross Group and Prof Graeme Hugo, University of Adelaide
28/06/2006	7/07/2006	Research Project	Asian Australian Banking Experiences	Bronwen Willis, Research Assistant Icon Inc
27/06/2006	31/07/2006	PhD Thesis	Emotional intelligence and expatriate cross-cultural adjustment	PhD Candidate Saira Jhutty, Alliant International University
26/6/2006	11/9/2006	PhD thesis	Expatriates and Repatriates' International Adjustment	Luisa Helena Pinto, professor of Human Resouces at Porto Business School, named Escola de Gestão do Porto and and Minho University, Portugal with Professor Carlos Cabral Cardoso of Minho University, and Professor William Werther from Miami University, United States of America
2/02/2006	30/04/2006	Masters Thesis	Preparations and Expectations of expatriates living and working in the Netherlands	Martina van der Does, Masters student, University of Nijmegen on behalf of the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam
30/01/2006	30/04/2006	PhD Thesis	Migration between Australia and the United States	Kelly Parker, PhD student, University of Adelaide, Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies
24/01/2006	30/04/2006	Book Project	What I love about Australia	Margit Cruice, Independent writer
19/08/2005	31/12/2005	Research Project	Australian Talent Flow: Attitudes of Australian Expatriate Professionals Project	Associate Professor Helen De Cieri, Dr Marilyn Fenwick, Dr Cathy Sheehan, Monash University, Department of Management
18/08/2005	31/12/2005	Research Project	Americans who leave the USA for political-social reasons	Doug Bradley, University of California, Santa Barbara
15/07/2005	31/08/2005	Research Project	Career experience of skilled migrants in Australia	Dr Stephen Teo, University of Technology, Sydney
1/07/2005	31/08/2005	Online Survey	Measuring the Needs of Expatriates	Catherine McEniry, Swinburne University, Melbourne
27/06/2005	30/09/2005	Masters Thesis	Impact of immigration on South Africans moving to Australia	Gary Rubin, University based in Melbourne
4/05/2005	31/05/2005	Online Survey	Improving the lives of expatriates and suggesting ways for more research	Donald Domm PhD
23/03/2005	30/06/2005	Online Survey	Voices from Home: The Family and Personal Side of Short-Term International Assignments and Extended Business Travel	Anne P. Copeland PhD, The Interchange Institute, USA
8/03/2005	30/11/2005	PhD Thesis	Indian Students in Melbourne Australia	Michiel Baas, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
23/01/2005	28/02/2005	Film Documentary	Unique Australians living overseas	Justyn Field, Independent Film Producer in Sydney, Australia
16/01/2005	1/04/2005	Doctoral Research Study	Corporate repatriates who are underutilized or underemployed on returning to their home location	Carol Sommerfield, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California USA
14/01/2005	17/02/2005	PhD Thesis	Women who are working and interested in Mentoring	Mette Hersby, The University of Exeter, United Kingdom
28/12/2004	30/06/2005	PhD Thesis	Australian Expatriates in Mainlaind PRC China	Angela Lehmann, Australian National University, Canberra
16/12/2004	31/01/2005	Expatriate Life Survey	Expatriates around the world	Joshua Wood, Expat Exchange
28/11/2004	30/06/2005	PhD Thesis	Australian Expatriates and Repatriates from Japan	Leanda Lee, Monash University, Melbourne
23/11/2004	17/12/2004	Masters Thesis	Female Expatriates who have relocated internationally	Katie Brazier, South Bank University, London
15/11/2004	31/03/2005	PhD Thesis	Expatriates around the world - Is Expat success predictable?	Drs Stefan Mol, Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
27/10/2004	28/02/2005	Book	Australian Migrants from Germany, Austria and Switzerland	Elfi Gilissen, Reise Know-How Verlag
6/10/2004	10/11/2004	Student Thesis	Australian Repatriates	Elizabeth Bakhsh
23/09/2004	30/09/2004	Student Thesis	Australian Repatriates with Communication Industry Experience	Kristen Davey, RMIT University, Melbourne

2. Links to various research and reports

18/7/09 Expat Explorer 2009 Survey
From HSBC Bank International. Independent survey of 3,146 expats working and living abroad in 30 different industries and 50 countries. The current economic crisis has had a significant impact on expats’ financial situation. * US, Thailand and South Africa are the most affected expat locations * Almost half of the expats surveyed in the UK are considering returning home * Despite the economic crisis, expats are wealthier and save more than in their home country.
Report download (1.3MB) http://www.resource.offshore.hsbc.com/public/offshore/p2g_pdfs/expat/expatresults09.pdf

18/7/09 - 2009 Global Relocation Trends Survey report
14th report issued by Brookfield GRS. Global relocation data and trends, based on responses from 180 senior-level human resources professionals from a diverse group of industries and countries managing a total worldwide employee population of 9.8 million.
http://www.brookfieldgrs.com/insights_ideas/grts/

3. New research participant requests

If you would like to request research participants for your study (preferably related to newcomers, expatriates, repatriates, migrants, networking, relocation, settlement, international human resources or working overseas), please send the following information directly to info@newcomersnetwork.com.

You can see examples of what other people have asked for by following the links above. Approved requests are published on the Newcomers Network website free of charge and where possible (considering lead times), are published in our free monthly e-newsletter.

PLEASE REVIEW PREVIOUS REQUESTS SO THAT YOU CAN SUPPLY THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY.

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