The Challenges Faced by Expatriate in Repatriation and its Impact on the Organisation

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DISSERTATION TITLE1

FOCUS1

Aim1

Objectives1

LITERATURE REVIEW3

Expatriates in Repatriation3

Cultural Shocks Faced By Expatriates4

Factors Affecting the Expatriates5

Problems in the Re-integration of Expatriates6

Research Paradigm7

Research Approach7

Research Methods8

Sampling8

Sample Size8

Methods of Analyzing Primary Data9

ETHICAL CONSIDERATION & ISSUES9

TIME SCALE9

REFERENCES11

DISSERTATION TITLE

A study on “Impact of cultural shocks and the Problems with Re- Integration of Expatriates”

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Aim

The aim of this dissertation is to assess the impact of cultural shocks and the problems with re- integration of expatriates

Objectives

The following are the objectives for this research

To explore the cultural shocks that expatriates have to face in repatriation.

To assess the challenges that is faced by the expatriates in repatriation.

To evaluate the problems that expatriate face with re-integration of expatriates.

CONTEXT

During the early twenty-first century business environment has become increasingly complex as boundaries extend around the globe.

Repatriation is considered to be a very difficult moment of assigning employees internationally in global organisations. When the project closes and the employee back to their organisation and the home culture, often cause high anxiety moments for them (Yeaton & Hall, 2008, p. 75).

Cross-cultural researchers defined expatriate failure as premature return before assignment completion. Ward and Fischer (2009, p. 85) noted that as many as 40% of expatriates failed to complete their four year assignments. When the expatriates were working in an underdeveloped host country, the failure rate rose to almost 70%. According to Martinko & Douglas (2010, p. 265) between 25% and 50% of former expatriates who prematurely left their assignments also left their firms within a year of their return.

The situation becomes worse because most of the organisations do not have the procedures and policies for preparing the expatriates return and they do not understand the importance of repatriation time during the global assignment of the employees. The expatriate employees are an important source for the expertise and knowledge between the international corporations (Tyler, 2006, p. 97). The purpose of this research paper is to focus on the cultural shocks that the expatriates face during repatriation and the problems that they face with the reintegration of the expatriates (Ward and Fischer, 2009, p. 85).

This dissertation will comprise of five chapters. The first one will be introduction which will provide background, aim and objectives, research questions. The second chapter will be literature review; it incorporates the researches that have been conducted by the researches previously. The third chapter will be of research methods, it provides the method that has been adopted for the research in order to fulfil the purpose. The fourth chapter of the dissertation will be discussion and analysis; it will offer the results and a discussion on them. The fifth chapter will be conclusion and recommendations; it will conclude the research and will also provide recommendations for future researches.

LITERATURE REVIEW

This chapter of the dissertation will provide the literature review. It incorporates the previous researches that have been carried out regarding the cultural shocks that expatriates have to face in repatriation and the problems that face with re-integration of ...