How can companies help expatriate employees deal with stress? Be sure to address each part of the question. Remember to cite your sources.

 

1. Offer cultural training to expatriate employees 

2. Allow expatriate employees to visit their home country on a regular basis

3. Allow remote working

4. Allow their spouses and family to accompany them

Step-by-step explanation

1. Offer cultural training to expatriate employees- This will help them have a clear understanding of the different cultures, management, language and communication styles. Expatriate employees have a hard time communicating in the native language and find themselves unable to complete certain tasks since they cannot express themselves efficiently (Nery?Kjerfve et al. 2012). Additionally, they do not understand the different communication styles, management and culture. Organizations need to develop training that focuses on helping expatriate employees to improve on these areas. 

2. Allow expatriate employees to visit their home country on a regular basis- Moving to a new country means that one loses their family and friends who they rely on for advice and daily support (Nery?Kjerfve et al. 2012). They lose their support system and have to find a way to vent and seek for advice. As such it is important to allow expatriate employees to visit home on a regular basis in order to catch up with family and friends and not to miss out on important family occasions 

3. Allow remote working- Expatriate employees should be allowed to work from home and have flexible work hours as they adapt to the new surroundings (Atieno, 2016). This way they will be able to ease in and become conversant with the language, culture and the general surroundings. Additionally, they will be able to create interpersonal relationships with the natives and be better prepared to handle tasks. 

4. Allow their spouses and family to accompany them- studies have shown that expatriate employees tend to experience stress, mental health issues, anxiety and drug abuse when their significant other is left behind at home (Atieno, 2016). Additionally, their marriage and family relationships experience huge strains since it becomes hard to communicate and see each other as they used to. Expatriate employees become more effective in dispatching their duties when they are allowed to be accompanied by their families and spouses