Fundamental Supports Needed for Successful Expatriate Assignments

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2013 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, , course: International Management, language: English, abstract: Corporations have tried to successfully keep managers in overseas positions and to fulfill their agreed period of time in that position. While most believe this issue may deserve attention, between 18,000 to 45,000 expatriates enter overseas agreements each year (Fox news Latino, 2013). New expatriates have no idea what to expect in their host country. In recent years, researchers have tried to quantify the extreme high failure rate of expatriates in their new assignment and culture they find themselves in; the utter loneliness they so often encounter is an offshoot of the new experience overseas. We will examine important points that may aid in the successful completion of an expatriates assignment and suggest better and ultimately cheap remedies enabling expatriate managers to conclude a successful overseas assignment. Complex problems may be served with surprisingly simple support systems.