Description
Some view a foreign assignment as a high adventure, while others find a long absence from home intolerable. Introspection is advisable before one is lured abroad by a bonus salary, income tax exemptions, and the prospect of household servants. In this article, the author, who has spent time abroad, discusses ways, in which a prospective foreign assignee can evaluate and predetermine if his/her experience abroad will be pleasurable or miserable. The following topics are considered: economic incentives based on the Economic Recovery Act of 1981; the Third World; cultural shock; motivation for accepting a foreign assignment; and company orientation. Includes 5 references, figures.
Product Details
- Edition:
- Vol. 75 – No. 5
- Published:
- 05/01/1983
- Number of Pages:
- 6
- File Size:
- 1 file , 19 MB
- Note:
- This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus
