Conventionally, information acquisition is motivated by its instrumental value – the value derived from adapting action to new knowledge. In this paper, we explore the notion of reassurance, whereby people seek to acquire information in order to remove lingering doubts or fears. We formulate...

This paper questions the notion that expatriates should adjust to their host country, by showing that adjustment and its consequences are affected by cosmopolitanism and expected assignment duration. A study of 260 expatriates in the U.S. reveals that cosmopolitans expecting shorter (longer)...