Flexibility – As Feature and Ability in the Expatriate’s Qualification Profile

Abstract

Increased geographical mobility, cultural flexibility, adaptability to different cultural conditions are demanded the most often from expatriates, i.e. the employees sent by corporate headquarters to work in foreign subsidiaries. The goal of this article is to present the flexibility (in terms of skills and personality traits), as a component of the expatriate’s qualification profile and to present the forms of foreign assignments which are alternative to traditional expatriation (flexpatriate contracts).