Leaving home? Surely this is a mistake; repatriation is about going home, or even coming home. Or is it?

If you expatriated with a major multinational, it is likely that the company sent you and your family for relocation orientation. Only recently have firms begun to arrange for h repatriation orientation. After all, why should they? You're going home. You've probably been home at least once a year during your assignment. This should be easy.

Study after study indicate that more than 60% of repatriates find reverse culture shock, the shock associated with returning home, equal to or greater than the culture shock at assignment.

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