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Repatriation

International Human Resources Management

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Refers to the termination of the overseas assignment and coming back to the home country – to the country where the HQ id located or to the home country subsidiary from where he/she was expatriated.

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Period of posting got over

Expatriate wishes to return on account of desire for children to study at the home country

Need for the expat to move to another global assignment

Inability to adjust/ not happy in the overseas assignment

Failure to do a good job on the global assignment

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Imbibed global culture, openness to another culture

Extensive exposure to how the company is perceived in another country

Understanding of the operations of the corporate HQ as well as a subsidiary

Value-add to their personal life and professional career

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Treat as re-expatriation similar to expatriation plan and execute systematically

Repatriation program : provide mentoring for finding a new role, information on the challenges as a result of the repatriation, provide assistance

Repatriation strategies : time-bound expatriation helps provide better preparedness where the expat is aware from the beginning when his/her assignment ends and can plan for next steps supported by the organization