Evaluate the collective function of references cited together in a given text segment.
Classify their combined role into one of the following categories: 'method', 'background', or 'result'.

Text:‚Ä¶expatriate partner adjustment: we interpret this result a similar fashion than the findings and remarks of some authors (Shaffer and Harrison 2001; Cole 2012) who stated that expatriate partners that decided to interrupt their career in order to follow their partner in the international‚Ä¶
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