Provide examples of two U.S. based MNCs that have assigned expats to Japanese assignments. Please make sure one MNC had a failed expat experience and one was positive, with a list of differences to explain why one failed and one did not. This is for an essay with following prompt, but the teacher has stated we need to be very specific and cannot simply site 'cross cultural issues, spousal issues, social isoclation' etc as the answers. 'Research suggests that many expatriate employees encounter problems that limit both their effectiveness in a foreign posting and their contribution to the company when they return home. Critically examine the main causes and consequences of these problems and outline how a firm could reduce the occurrence of such problems'
Provide examples of two U.S. based MNCs that have assigned expats to Japanese assignments. Please make sure one MNC had a failed expat experience and one was positive, with a list of differences to explain why one failed and one did not. This is for an essay with following prompt, but the teacher has stated we need to be very specific and cannot simply site 'cross cultural issues, spousal issues, social isoclation' etc as the answers.
'Research suggests that many expatriate employees encounter problems that limit both their effectiveness in a foreign posting and their contribution to the company when they return home. Critically examine the main causes and consequences of these problems and outline how a firm could reduce the occurrence of such problems'
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