Leadership and expatriates. Factors for successful assignments abroad

Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Leadership, grade: 1,0, , language: English, abstract: Being confronted with many changes in their work as well as in their private life, expatriates face the challenges of persistence and success during their assignment. These challenges are even bigger obstacles for success when the expatriate is assigned to a leading position.This means he or she not only has to deal with the personal performance and adjustment to the new environment but is expected to take over responsibility for a group of people and their task performance as well. The respective leadership tasks in expatriation additionally imply cross-cultural leadership in most cases. This takes leadership in an expatriate assignment to a whole new level.