Development: Short Term
Language Training
- Encourage and subsidize some type of language training for both prospective expatriates and their families.
Cultural Training
- Familiarize first-time expatriates with culture shock and with techniques that can help them adjust emotionally to life away from their home culture.
- Provide training and experience to increase cross-cultural knowledge and sophistication prior to departure.
- Include the prospective expatriate's family in as much planning as possible.
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