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Expatriação e estratégia internacional: o papel da família como fator de equilíbrio na adaptação do expatriado

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  • Neuri Amabile Frigotto Pereira
  • Ricardo Pimentel
  • Heitor Takashi Kato

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This paper focuses on the importance of the international strategy and the role of the family in the process of the expatriates' adjustment in a foreign country. Being this adjustment one of the main factors in organizations international strategy success, it is discussed, by a review of the literature, the importance of internationalization, the nature of the activity of the expatriate, the importance of them to their employers, the obstacles they confront and the role of the family to their social adjustment. The conclusion is that the family plays a critical role in expatriates' adjustment, and suggestions of new research topics, and also some hypothesis to be studied, are presented.

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  • Neuri Amabile Frigotto Pereira & Ricardo Pimentel & Heitor Takashi Kato, 2005. "Expatriação e estratégia internacional: o papel da família como fator de equilíbrio na adaptação do expatriado," RAC - Revista de Administração Contemporânea (Journal of Contemporary Administration), ANPAD - Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração, vol. 9(4), pages 53-71.
    • Handle: RePEc:abg:anprac:v:9:y:2005:i:4:407
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