Uma análise sobre os processos de expatriação e repatriação em organizações brasileiras

Abstract

The focus of this dissertation is the aspects that favor and the ones that constrain the expatriation and repatriation processes of executive living and working for Brazilian companies that operate internationally. It aims at the interference of aspects related to the expatriated and repatriated adaptation as well as the policies and practices utilized by people who are involved in the processes of expatriation and repatriation. Some assumptions that depict the most relevant aspects are elected when examining the interdependence of personal, profession, and family adaptation, and politics and management practices on the processes of expatriation and repatriation. The methodology encompassed a qualitative exploratory descriptive design research in one consulting firm and in seven multinational Brazilian companies that operate internationally. Twenty in-depth interviews with expatriated/ repatriated businessmen and human resource professionals were performed. The results demonstrate that the elements involved