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• It can also be indicated that dual-career expatriates will experience a
• high level of stress because time commitments and the stress associated with
• fulfilling roles in both area accounts for a significant proportion of
• tension/conflict found in dual-career couples.
• Proposition 9: Multinational corporations' policies regarding to spousal
• assistance programs will have a positive impact on
• dual-career couple's decision to accept overseas assignments.
• Proposition 10: Work-family conflict will be higher in dual-career
• couples because of time commitments and stress
• associated with fulfilling roles in both work and family accounts
• tension/conflict. significant proportion of
• A BRIEF CONCLUSION
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• expatriate managers. Although the study's results can be generalized to a
• multinational context, the main aim that this study’s author is bearing in his mind is
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