Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Theory -- Methodology -- How the book unfolds -- Who are they, and why do they move? -- Who are they? -- Why do they move? -- The relation between work and moving -- The decision to move -- Discussion -- What is stressful about moving abroad? -- Stress around the move itself -- Hassles as a threat to feelings of adult competence -- Language -- The comfortable known-ness of things, and what is taken for granted -- Not knowing the rules, threats to identity -- Initial isolation and loneliness: 'Nobody would know if I left for three days' -- Strains on families -- Two careers or one? -- Partners not 'adjusting well' -- 'Duty travel' and strains it may cover -- Different values -- Coping -- Family sense of coherence -- Coping with the stresses of moving to a new culture -- Discussion -- Giving and receiving social support -- Social support over long distances -- Support coming from the new place -- Gaining control over social relations -- Mobilising social support -- Social support in Geneva and in 'hardship posts' -- Social support from within the family -- High family 'co-ordination', meeting people and family separations -- Low family 'co-ordination' and family members in difficulty -- Imbalances of authority, encountering different values -- Discussion -- Effects on children -- School-aged children -- Younger children -- Adolescents and older children -- Discussion -- The effect of the move: two case studies -- The Wood family -- Discussion -- Families two years later -- Phases of adaptation -- Families' reflections on the effects of migration -- Towards explaining the effects of the move on families -- Summary and conclusions -- The influence of SOC and of family 'co-ordination' -- Long-term effects? -- Expatriation, stress, coping and families -- Stress and families -- References.

Appendix -- Index.