EXPATRIATION AND THE FRAMEWORK FOR ANTICIPATORY ADJUSTMENT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Nowadays, companies started to internationalize in search of new paths and options that make them more competitive and profitable due to the high openness of world trade from globalization. From that moment, the need to send skilled professionals to manage venture abroad, which is called expatriation, arises. Thus, this article aims to perform an analysis on the expatriation process and their intercultural adjustment in the destination country, focusing on the Framework for Anticipatory Adjustment of Black, Mendehall and Oddou. To fulfill this goal, this study includes a bibliographic and exploratory research and a case study performed with an international leading European company in design, manufacture and distribution of drilling equipment, which was conducted at its hub in Houston, United States of America. With the results obtained, it was found that the anticipated adjustment proposed contributes positively to the sense of well-being of the staff and it can be a major influence on the success of the expatriation process; however, it is not used extensively by companies when undertaking the preparation for the international mobilization