RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The impact of the host-country language on international adjustment: Spanish engineers in Germany T2 El impacto del idioma del país de acogida en el proceso de ajuste internacional: el caso de ingenieros españoles en Alemania. A1 Vijande Rodríguez, Ruth A1 Ruiz Yepes, Guadalupe K1 International labor migration K1 Expatriate K1 Self-initiated expatriate K1 International adjustment K1 Host-country language K1 High skilled labor K1 Engineers K1 Spain K1 Germany K1 Migración laboral internacional K1 Expatriado K1 Autoexpatriado, K1 Ajuste internacional K1 Idioma del país de acogida K1 Mano de obra cualificada K1 Ingenieros K1 España K1 Alemania K1 Lingüística K1 Linguistics K1 Sociología K1 Sociology AB The main aim of this paper is to expand the knowledge on impact ofhost-language proficiency as predictor of international adjustment(work, interaction and general) and outcomes (job satisfaction, withdrawalintentions and performance) of a global workforce group of growingimportance, the self-initiated expatriates (SIE). 870 Spanish engineersanswered an online survey (part of a PhD research). Aiming to validatean international adjustment framework based on the model of Black etal. (1991), with the outcomes extensions suggested by Bhaskar-Shrinivaset al. (2005) and new factors relevant for the SIE. The analysis was donewith ATLAS.ti 7 and IBM SPSS. The paper provides empirical insightsabout how host-country language proficiency characterizes the sample.It suggests that despite intensive training, financed by companies orexpatriates directly, German is a “hard” language for Spaniards to learnand be proficient at. It also has consequences in their career development,as English might be the theoretical official language at internationalcompanies, but German is still the most used at the work place. PB Universidad de Alcalá. Servicio de Publicaciones SN 1889-5425 YR 2018 FD 2018 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/33781 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/33781 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 29-mar-2024