ArticleAuthors: TRAN, Van Nhu; Mangilii, Sarah (2015)
Although the global economic crisis has caused most companies to review their costs of international assignments, the expatriation remains the best way of creating a global mindset among
managers. Expatriation is a big challenge both for expatriates and companies itself, especially while
the arrived country is Vietnam – the fast growing emerging market. From the expatriate point of view,
it is to face a different culture and adapt his personal and professional life, for the sending company, it is to have a good return on investment, since this investment is significant.
Our research aims to analyze how the assignment phase is experienced by the individual
expatriate. This f...