Expatriates' spouses face difficulties

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  Families of the employee face a key role as well, and should they be dissatisfied, it is likely the international assignment will fail.

• Global - Expatriate, Spouse & Family

  In research conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers among over 270 international organizations employing 65,000 expatriates, 80% of the companies reported major, and increasing, difficulties in recruiting executives to go overseas.

• Supporting Information: expatriate employees encounter problems that limit both their effectiveness in a foreign posting and their contribution to the company when they return home.

  As a result, they are normally encouraged to take support from their spouses and other family members by having them relocate overseas as well.

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  She may have more difficulties adapting to life in South America or Eastern Europe.

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  Understanding cultural sensitivity and learning cultural intelligence are key in the success of expatriates. Many expatriates experience divorce when their spouses and family cannot adapt to the local customs and culture.

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  Further the company must implement cultural awareness workshops, mandatory, that is led by HR to employ higher morale as well as support with spouses.

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  For example, if expatriates are provided adequate cross cultural training along with attractive compensation and benefits such as assistance for settling their families in new country, expatriates will be able to work without any stress and deliver better

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  She may have more difficulties adapting to life in South America or Eastern Europe.