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Abstract
In this study, we investigate the relation between personality traits and cross-cultural adjustment using international military officers participating in a 1 year military training program in the United States. Unlike previous research, we used an instrument designed to measure a universal representation of trait structures: the 5-Factor Model of personality (CitationCosta & McCrae, 1992). The U-Curve Model (CitationLysgaard, 1955) of cross-cultural adjustment is also opposed in this study against the Business Sojourner Model (CitationFurnham & Bochner, 1986). Results fail to support the U-Curve Model and provide some support for the influence of personality traits. Moreover, results clearly support an understanding of the cross-cultural adjustment of international military officers in the United States within the framework of Business Sojourner Model.