THE IMPACT OF DUAL-CAREER FAMILIES ON INTERNATIONAL RELOCATIONS

Staffing positions in international markets continue to be an omnipres ent issue for multinational corporations. Failure rates have been part icularly high among United States' expatriates. One of the contributin g factors to this high expatriate failure rate has been identified as family and spouse-related. It is anticipated that, as the number of du al-career families continues to grow, the issues associated with a tra iling spouse will factor much more into the decision to relocate overs eas, completion of international assignments and performance at or abo ve expected levels. This paper examines the results of Society of Huma n Resource Management: International (SHRM:I) members and their insigh ts into the dual-career phenomena.