Sue Shortland’s research while affiliated with London Metropolitan University and other places

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Work‐life balance: Expatriates reflect the international dimension
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September 2007

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Global Business and Organizational Excellence

Sue Shortland

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Siobhan Cummins

Studies by ORC Worldwide have found that long hours, travel, and other work-related factors intrude into personal lives and create stress for a significant portion of HR professionals and expatriates around the world. But while HR professionals believe work-life balance policies have benefited their organization and themselves, expatriates believe quite the opposite. Given the cost of expatriate assignments and the potential for work-life imbalance to erode employee commitment, organizations can do more to communicate and support work-life practices outside their home country, and to better prepare the expatriate and family for life in their new location. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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... Expatriates are expected to perform job-specific commitments, which traditionally include the accomplishment of specific organizational goals (Edstrom & Galbraith, 1977;Harzing, 2001), such as coordination and control of the subsidiary, and knowledge transfer, which often conflict with their business own views, not to mention the disruption introduced into their family lives (i.e., Bhaskar-Shrinivas et al., 2005;Haslberger et al., 2013;M. Lazarova et al., 2010;Shortland & Cummins, 2007). According to Kraimer et al. (2009), conflicting objectives are an integral part of expatriation, and expatriates can only succeed once they meet the organizational goals (e.g., technical, functional, developmental, or strategic goals) established for the assignment. ...

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“Be Happy” While You Can: How Expatriates’ Accomplishments Affect Their Subjective Well-Being and Job Satisfaction
Work‐life balance: Expatriates reflect the international dimension
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  • September 2007

Global Business and Organizational Excellence