Managing Expatriates

Foreword

Global mobility has become more complex in the last 10 years and this book is a great example of how the dynamics of a rapidly changing international labor market can be understood and used by international organizations to cultivate, mobilize and manage their talent for competitive advantage.

I first met Dr. Yvonne McNulty several years ago when she was researching the global mobility practices of major corporations. At that time, the concept of expatriate return on investment was often talked about but rarely if ever attempted. Finally, after years of research including interviews with hundreds of organizations and their expatriates, expatriates’ partners, and managers, Yvonne McNulty and Kerr Inkson have cracked the code on expatriate ...