Expatriates in the News

A Little User's Manual for Germany

By Cornelia Schaible

Even Germans suspect that Germany can be a nightmare for American business travelers. In our lovely country ice cubes are notoriously scarce and pain relievers are expensive and found only in pharmacies. If you dare to go shopping too late well, you will be punished by the German Ladenschlussgesetz. Your only hope at night is the gas station. Good to know. [...]

Reaching out to the German Community

By Manuela Blankinship

It took two intercontinental moves, one garage sale, and a phone call for Jutta Weidenaar and Manuela Blankinship to find each other and become friends.

Zwei Frauen gründeten den "German Women's Community Club-Wayne County"

By Manuela Blankinship

Zwei interkontinentale Umzuege, ein Garagenverkauf und ein Telefonanruf waren noetig, damit Manuela Blankinship und Jutta Weidenaar zueinander finden und Freunde werden konnten. Wenige Wochen spaeter gruendeten sie den German Women's Community Club Wayne County, einen Verein fuer deutsche Neuankoemmlinge und kurzfristig verweilende Deutsche im Raume Dearborn, Michigan......

Home Truths About Foreign Postings

By Bill Cheng

To make an overseas assignment work, employers need more than an eager exec with a suitcase. They must also motivate the staffer's spouse. [...] A new report corroborates growing evidence that keeping an expat's spouse happy is a good way to start. Indeed, past studies have shown that spousal discontent is the top reason overseas assignments fail. [...]

Culture Shock in America?

By Martha Finney

[...] Still, being sent to the United States on foreign assignment is not just a stressful business-it's a lonely one. From New Delhi to Cape Town to Minas Gerais, the observation is the same: Americans are friendly but hard to make friends with. We gregarious Americans don't truly bring international assignees into our lives, because we don't bring them into our homes after work. [...]

Trailing Successfully - An Inside Look at Life as a Male Trailing Spouse

By Mark Ridlen

Life as a male trailing spouse presents some unique challenges. Here, from an expat who's 'over there, doing that,' are some wise insights and helpful advice on what it takes to succeed. [...]

International Employees Plead for Education and Assistance in Adjusting to Living in Foreign Cultures

By Jean R. McFarland

[...] Results indicate that whether employees are leaving their home country, returning, or entering a host country, they experience loneliness, loss, and desperation for assistance in making the cultural adjustment. They report that their emotional status diminishes their performance, and they offer suggestions to enhance the competence of international sojourners and those who work with them.

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