Issues and values affecting the integration of American expatriates in emerging economies

he international competition arising from the increasingly integrated world economy has highlighted the need for effective selection, training, and repatriation of expatriate employees. The technical and cultural obstacles characteristic of an overseas assignment require equal technical and cultural competencies on the part of expatriate employees. However, a diminished understanding of effective expatriate selection and training has led to a high failure rate of expatriate assignments, both due to premature return as well as insufficient expertise. The annual financial costs associated with expatriate failure in the United States are estimated between...