Several empirical and theoretical researches continuously report on the lack of knowledge and understanding within the field of assessing value of international assignments. A recent article by Australian scholars McNulty and De Cieri (2011) contribute to our limited knowledge by presenting a framework of expatriate ROI from the perspective of long-term assignments.
Current trend: Lacking financial metrics for assessing international assignments
Companies argue that expatriates provide benefits both in the short and long term; yet, only a few can quantify these benefits. According to the 2011 Brookfield Global Relocation Trends survey, only 8% of responding firms actually appear to measure the return on investment (ROI) for global staff mobility.