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Re-Entry and Career Issues

The document discusses repatriation, which is the process of bringing expatriates back to their home country from an international assignment. It outlines the key stages of repatriation, including preparation, physical relocation, transition, and readjustment. It also discusses how multinational companies should manage repatriation to maximize the benefits of international assignments and knowledge transfer. Effective repatriation programs address issues like preparing expatriates for reverse culture shock, assisting with career paths and reentry positions, and helping with family reintegration needs.

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Re-Entry and Career Issues

The document discusses repatriation, which is the process of bringing expatriates back to their home country from an international assignment. It outlines the key stages of repatriation, including preparation, physical relocation, transition, and readjustment. It also discusses how multinational companies should manage repatriation to maximize the benefits of international assignments and knowledge transfer. Effective repatriation programs address issues like preparing expatriates for reverse culture shock, assisting with career paths and reentry positions, and helping with family reintegration needs.

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Re-entry and Career issues

Introduction
There have been considerable advances in our
understanding and knowledge of the issues surrounding
the management and support of expatriates in terms of
recruitment and selection, predeparture training and
compensation.
The expatriation process also includes repatriation: the
activity of bringing the expatriation back to the home
country.
Expatriation includes repatriation

Repatriation
Recruitment & Predeparture On or
selection training assignment Re-
assignmant
The repatriation process

preparation

Physical
relocation Repatriation
process

transition

readjustment
• Preparation involves developing plans for future and gathering
information about the new position. The firm may provide a
checklist of items to be considered before the return home or a
through preparation of employee and family for the transfer home.

• Physical relocation refers to removing personal effects, breaking ties


with colleagues and friends, traveling to the next posting, usually
the home country. Most multinationals use firms or relocation
consultants to handle the physical relocation, both for the
movement out and the return home for the employees and family.

• Transition means settling into temporary accommodation where


necessary making arrangements for housing and schooling and
caring out other administrative tasks.

• Readjustment involves coping with reserve culture shoc and career


demands.
Multinational responses
Managing the process of repatriation should be of
concern multinationals that desire to maximize the
benefits of international assignments and create a large
internal labor market.

Staff ability
Return on investment
Knowledge transfer
Designing a repatriation programmer
• While there is no simple, quick solution preparing the
repatriate and family for re-entry appears to have some
value . The potential for mismatch of expectation
regarding future may be addressed as part of pre
repatriation training before the return and discussed
during re-entry counseling sessions between the
receiving organization in the home country and
repatriate.
• Preparing physical relocation and transition
information.
• Financial and tax assistance.
• re-entry position and career path assistance
• Reverse culture shock.(incl. family disorientation)
• School systems and children’s education(incl. adaption)
• Workplace charges (such as corporate culture, structure,
decentralization)
• Stress management, communication related training.
• Establishing networking opportunities.
• Help in forming new social contacts

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