Reasons for expatriate failure
Reasons for expatriate failure | international human resource management
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 8, 9, and 10. In your textbook, Exhibit 9.4: Reasons for Expatriate Failure lists reasons for failure in expatriate assignments (p. 262). Use recent sources as support. Remember to include APA headings.
- Select three to four expatriate failure reasons from Exhibit 9.4.
- Provide HR solutions to the selected three to four failures.
- Support solutions with recent and credible data.
Tarique, I., Briscoe, D.R., & Schuler, R. S. (2016). International human resource management: Policies and practices for multinational enterprises (5th ed.). New York: Routledge.
Biggest reasons for expatriate failure
- Lack of local support or Insufficient support systems
- Disconnection from home country
- Domestic difficulties
- Failure to plan
- Lack of expatriate training
- Culture Shock
- Poor Candidate Selection
Useful Sources
Hung-Wen, L. (2007). Factors that influence expatriate failure: An interview study. International Journal of Management, 24(3), 403.
Harzing, A. W., & Christensen, C. (2004). Expatriate failure: time to abandon the concept?. Career Development International.
Haile, S., & White, D. (2019). EXPATRIATE FAILURE IS A COMMON CHALLENGE FOR MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS: TURN EXPATRIATE FAILURE TO EXPATRIATE SUCCESS. International Journal of Business & Public Administration, 16(1).
Guttormsen, D. S., Francesco, A. M., & Chapman, M. K. (2018). Revisiting the expatriate failure concept: A qualitative study of Scandinavian expatriates in Hong Kong. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 34(2), 117-128.
Wang, C. H., & Varma, A. (2019). Cultural distance and expatriate failure rates: the moderating role of expatriate management practices. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(15), 2211-2230.
Yussuf, O. A. (2018). Major factors affecting the expatriate success: The case of Malaysian expatriates. International Journal of Management and Human Resources, 6(1), 111-142.
