Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Riding the waves of culture: An empirical study on acclimatization of expatriates in IT industry Subject The topic of the resource Acclimatization; Career support practices; Expatriates; Host country; Work culture Description An account of the resource The forces of globalization and subsequent trade across the borders have necessitated the firms to have their presence across the globe to meet the needs of their customers. The employees or expatriates will be sent on assignment to different countries for a period of time ranging from few weeks, months to years. This sudden exposure to the different environment not only makes these expatriates vulnerable to cultural shocks, but also may significantly affect their job performance. Their failure to acclimatize to the foreign conditions will not only hurt the confidence, career and life of the expatriate, but it will also cost a lot to the company. The present paper aims to understand of the process of expatriate adjustment in the Indian Information Technology (IT) industry by examining demographic variables and few organizational variables of expatriate's adjustment process. A structured questionnaire was distributed to the expatriate employees working in 50 IT companies in the Silicon city, Bengaluru. The study uses Chi-square test and linear regression for testing the hypotheses and found that there is a significant influence of demographic variables like gender, work experience and length of assignment on acclimatization of expatriates to their host country culture. The findings of the study proved that there is a significant relationship between demographic variables and the cultural acceptance of the expatriates. Hence, it is suggested that multinational companies should create an enabling environment within the organizations to make international assignees compatible and comfortable with different cultural values and inculcate cultural acceptance to make them successful in their international assignments. Raghavendra A. N., A. Shivakanth Shetty, 2018. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shivakanth Shetty A.; Raghavendra A.N. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Problems and Perspectives in Management, Vol-16, No. 3, pp. 432-442. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available LLC CPC Business Perspectives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.21511/ppm.16(3).2018.34" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.21511/ppm.16(3).2018.34</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053635929&amp;doi=10.21511%2Fppm.16%283%29.2018.34&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=c37cf74aa96dcd0424834de5d1392ccd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053635929&amp;doi=10.21511%2fppm.16%283%29.2018.34&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=c37cf74aa96dcd0424834de5d1392ccd</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 17277051 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Shivakanth Shetty A., Institute of Management, Christ University, India; Raghavendra A.N., Department of Management Studies, Christ University, India