Dual-earner couples’ willingness to relocate abroad: the reciprocal influence of both partners’ career role salience and partner role salience

Figures & data

Figure 1. Research model.

The left part of the model represents the spouse variables, while the right part of the model represents the employee variables. Hypotheses 1 and 2 represent the within-person interaction effects, Hypotheses 3 and 4 represent the crossover interaction effects from employee and spouse predictors to spouse willingness and vice versa, and Hypotheses 5 and 6 represent the spillover interaction effects from employee predictors to spouse willingness and vice versa.

Table 1. Means, standard deviations, and correlations between employee (E) and spouse (S) variables (N = 226).

		Mean	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1	E Income	5.28	2.31	–
2	E Job Satisfaction	3.78	.71	.03	–
3	E Job Tenure	.99	.30	.08	−.14*	–
4	S Income	2.37	2.21	−.56**	−.09	.14*	–
5	S Job Satisfaction	3.74	.79	−.01	−.13	.36**	−.01	–
6	S Job Tenure	1.42	1.40	−.10	.13	−.79**	−.01	−.53**	–
7	Spouse Age	36.26	7.52	.40**	−.04	.10	−.26**	−.01	−.09	–
8	Children	.49	.50	.28**	−.16*	.01	−.22**	−.03	−.09	.68**	–
9	On Assignment	.64	.48	.04	−.16*	−.03	−.04	.02	−.10	.19**	.04	–
10	E Career Role Salience	3.36	.85	−.36**	−.06	.06	.38**	.06	−.01	−.10	−.09	.05	–
11	E Partner Role Salience	4.03	.60	.10	.01	−.07	−.04	−.10	.08	.18**	.11	.00	−.13*	–
12	E Willingness to Accept	3.47	1.44	.10	−.22**	−.23**	−.00	.07	.13	.03	.02	.13*	.12	.10	–
13	S Career Role Salience	3.12	1.04	−.40**	.19**	.04	.12	.05	−.13*	−.26**	−.21**	.00	.23**	−.12	−.15**	–
14	S Partner Role Salience	4.07	.63	−.06	.06	−.04	.05	−.07	.05	.06	.17**	.13*	−.07	.27**	−.12	.04	–
15	S Willingness to Follow	3.35	1.35	.04	−.02	−.07	.14*	−.06	−.01	.00	−.06	.16*	.21**	.14*	.40**	−.08	.01		–

*p < .05; **p < .01; E = employee; S = spouse.

Table 2. Standardized coefficients of the relationships in the model.

	Dependent variables
	Employee willingness to accept	Spouse willingness to follow
	Standardized coefficient	Standardized coefficient
Employee
Income	.08	−.01
Job satisfaction	−.13	.13
Job tenure	.04	−.17*
Children	.36*	−.35*
On assignment	.06	.16*
Career role salience	.04	.28***
Partner role salience	.09	.29**
Spouse
Spouse age	−.38*	.37*
Income	−.01	.09
Job satisfaction	.11	−.15*
Job tenure	.00	.09
Career role salience	−.14	.07
Partner role salience	−.13	−.07
Willingness to follow	.41***
Within person interactions
E career salience * E partner role salience	.03	−.39***
S career salience * S partner role salience	−.05	.36***
Crossover interactions
E partner role salience * S career salience	−.03
E career salience * S partner role salience		.18***
R^2	.27	.34

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.

Figure 2. The interaction between spouse partner role salience and career role salience of the spouse in relation to spouse willingness to follow.

Figure 3. The interaction between spouse partner role salience and employee career role salience in relation to spouse willingness to follow.

Figure 4. The interaction between employee partner role salience and career role salience of the employee in relation to spouse willingness to follow.