Even though we know that mentoring works and is a great way to develop future organisational leaders, many organisations are not using it fully for (all) their expatriates. Effective mentoring significantly improves the success and retention of expatriates and also…
Expats are the focus of much research in global mobility because they are often strategically important and costly. But what about the host country nationals (HCNs) they work with? In our recently published article, my co-authors Anthony Fee, Snejina Michailova…
Companies increasingly depend on their employees to invest their time and enthusiasm. With my colleagues Mette Strange Noesgaard and Snejina Michailova, we just published an article about the work engagement of assigned expats (AEs). This blog post summarizes our main…
Many companies hire international talent to meet the needs of their business. These international employees have to work well together with the locals who already work there. I am starting a new study in both Denmark and New Zealand in…
Expats find Denmark one of the most difficult countries to make local friends, as is shown in the annual survey of InterNations, the global network for expats. But why do expats find particularly Denmark difficult for making local friends? I…