Inter (Man)tional Assignments?: a Study Concerning Women's Possibilities to Work Abroad

During the last decades the society has changed in arevolutionary way. Further, the globalizationincreases the requirements on organizations and itspersonnel. The key to success in the marketplace hasits position within companies? human resources. Manylarge companies transmit professionals overseas toachieve the gathering of human resources as well asmake the most of them. However, women arerepresenting an unexploited source of human talentregarding expatriate assignments. Characteristics andcompetencies needed by global leaders and employeeshave been extensively examined. Still, it is a factthat women have often been excluded from suchpositions because they appear to lack criticalcompetencies identified. This book contributes to anunderstanding of why female expatriates areunderrepresented in comparison to men. The researchshould help illustrate obstacles women may encounterduring the expatriation cycle and how to over comethem. To elucidate these issues, females within twodiverse sectors have been studied to create newknowledge. The book may be useful for professionalsworking within international settings; regardless gender.