Chapter 17: HR in a Global Business

Question 1

Repatriation

Answer 1

the process of moving the expatriate and their family back home from the foreign assignment

Question 2

Steps to Avoid Repatriation Problems

Answer 2

• Assign a mentor
• Provide career management
• Write repatriation agreements
• Keep communication open with work networks
• Offer financial support
• Develop reorientation programs

Question 3

Common Repatriation Problems

Answer 3

• out of sight, out of mind and have lost touch with parent firm’s culture
• they cannot use their new skills in their role on their return
• temporarily placed in mediocre jobs, companies often undervalue the cross-cultural skills acquired abroad
• Many are shocked to fund that the executive trappings of the overseas job are lost on the return
• Colleagues have been promoted more rapidly while they were overseas
• Reverse culture-shock