Chapt-8 Re-Entry & Career Issues
Chapt-8 Re-Entry & Career Issues
Issues
(Chapter 8)
Recruitment
And selection
Predeparture
training
On
assignment
Repatriation or
Reassignment
phases:
Pre-Departure
Sponsor assigned
Communication protocols established
Web & media contacts for context
Pre-departure training & orientation
During assignment:
Home leave
Work-related information exchanges
On-going communication with sponsor
Systematic pre-return orientation
Upon return:
New assignment
Organizational reconnection
Assistance with non-work factors
Rituals or ceremonies to share experience
Two
Career Anxiety:
Work Adjustment:
Re-entry position: The repatriate finds
himself/herself in a position that, in effect, is a
demotion or even retrenched (particularly if
the expatriate does not have a guaranteed job
upon repatriation).
The employment relationship
Poor handling of repatriates may have an
adverse impact on staff availability for
international assignment
Five
The
The
Altered perspective
Home country
Societal changes
Repatriation
Family adjustment
Exit considered
Social
Factors:
Multinational responses
Three reasons for an effective repatriation
process:
Staff availability and career expectations
Return
on investment
Knowledge
transfer:
Fink et al classified repatriate knowledge into five
categories:
Designing a Repatriation
Program
Mentors
Mentor
duties:
Topics covered by a
repatriation program
Preparation,
information
Financial and tax assistance
Re-entry position and career path assistance
Reverse culture shock
School system and children education
Work place changes
Stress