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Home sweet home: dealing with return to a home country after an assignment abroad

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  • Patrick Zvara
  • Gangaram Singh

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Multinational corporations have created a unique class of employee known as the expatriate. Expatriates face numerous issues prior to, during, and after their assignments abroad. It is often believed that repatriation is easier than expatriation since the expatriate is returning "home". However, this is not the case. How the multinational corporation handles the cycle of events surrounding expatriate workers can impact organisational effectiveness, retention, employee effectiveness, and the employees' personal life. In this paper, we sketch the fundamental differences between repatriation and expatriation and design a repatriation programme from an organizational perspective which incorporates programs that address the entire cycle of events from expatriation to repatriation.

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  • Patrick Zvara & Gangaram Singh, 2004. "Home sweet home: dealing with return to a home country after an assignment abroad," International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(2), pages 215-222.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhrdm:v:4:y:2004:i:2:p:215-222
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    1. Anika Breitenmoser & Benjamin Bader, 2016. "Repatriation outcomes affecting corporate ROI: a critical review and future agenda," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 66(3), pages 195-234, June.
    2. Pamela L. Cox & Raihan H. Khan & Kimberly A. Armani, 2013. "Repatriate Adjustment And Turnover: The Role Of Expectations An Perceptions," Review of Business and Finance Studies, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 4(1), pages 1-15.

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