International Human Resource

Management

Instructor : Sarah Azhar

Lecture 29

THE REPATRIATION PROCESS

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 Repatriation can be seen to encompass

three phases.
 First, before the global assignment, MNEs
may act to assign home sponsors or
mentors and hold them responsible for
keeping the expatriate in touch with
changing conditions in the home country.
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 Second, during the assignment, ‘home

leave’, work-related information exchanges,
sponsor communications and a systematic
pre-return orientation process can all
facilitate realistic expectations and ease
the return.
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 An overemphasis on the home focus, at

the expense of a focus on the host
assignment can lead to problems with
performance while on assignment and
premature return.
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 INDIVIDUAL REACTIONS TO RE-ENTRY

 Job related factors
 Career anxiety
 Work adjustment
 Coping with new demands
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 INDIVIDUAL REACTIONS TO RE-ENTRY

 Social factors
 Social adjustment
 Effect on partners career
 Family adjustment