【摘要】目的：考察在华跨国企业外籍高管的压力状况，探索其压力应对方式和在华适应之间的关系。方法：采用访谈法，结合社会文化适应量表、心理适应量表和应对策略量表对67名在华外籍高管进行调查。结果：在华外籍高管的压力源主要源自工作特性、人际支持和个人因素，其中工作特性是最主要的压力源；社会文化适应与心理适应显著相关（p<0.01），忍耐型问题解决策略的使用频率与这两种适应成正相关（P<0.01），求助型应对策略使用频率与社会文化适应呈显著负相关（P<0.01）；不同性别的外籍高管在工作适应性上有显著差异（P<0.01）；不同工作地点的高管在工作适应与忍耐型问题解决策略两项上差异显著（P<0.01）。结论：在华外籍高管的压力主要源自工作特性和人际支持，忍耐型问题解决策略有助于提高心理适应性。

【Abstract】 Object: Study the stress situation of foreign senior executive at multi-national corporation in China, research the relation between method of stress management and control. Method: Use interview method, combine with social culture adaption scale, psycho-adaption scale, and management scale, to do the study of 67 examples. Results: the resource of stress by senior executive are from job characteristic, support of human relation and personality. Job characteristic is major reason, the relation between social culture adaption and psycho-adaption is positive correlation (p<0.01), the frequency of patience style have positive correlation with two adaption(P<0.01）. The frequency of help style has negative correlation with social culture adaption（P<0.01）. Obviously, there are difference between job adaption and patience style in different working area. Conclusion: the stress of foreign senior executive major from job characteristic and human relation, patience style of problem-solving stratege to psycho-adaption become helpful.