"...salaries, benefits, and travel expenses may not be the only financial costs the firm incurs from an expatriate failure."
(Bhagat & Prien, 1996)
...the success of expatriated assignments is enhanced when employees and their families are prepared for their cross-cultural experience"
(Bhagat & Prien, 1996)
"Failure rates (as measured by early returns) are between 15% and 40% for business personnel. Of those who last the distance, less than 50% perform adequately.
Inadequate adaptation of spouse and family is frequently given as the main reason for early return. "Estimates range from 30% to 60% of accompanying spouses experience serious difficulties in adapting to their foreign posts"
(Kealey, 1996)
In our pre-departure programs, we prepare employees and their families for life in an overseas environment. We address their expectations and concerns about life in the new country, giving them useful information about the working and living environments of the new country. We give them practical advice in order to assist them in formulating effective strategies to cope with the many challenges which they must face in the new country.
In addition to being informed about living and working in the new culture, it is vital that people who are sent on overseas postings have a very strong sense of their own cultural identity. Most people are not aware of many aspects of their own culture- much of our culture just seems "natural" and is taken for granted. Enhancing the cultural identity of employees is another important part of our programs.
In preparing employees and their families (even small children) for life overseas, our pre-departure programs help to make overseas assignments more rewarding for them and more profitable for their company.
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