Question

Online Communities to Support Expatriates’ Spouses A common reason why expatriate assignments fail is because the spouse in dissatisfied. Employers are now seeing the value of helping expatriate spouses connect and many are using social network sites to bring the spouses together. Questions What pros and cons do you see in having an organization set up ist own social network for accompanying spouses? What pros and cons to you see in referring an accompanying spouse to an outside social network?

Answer 1

The major pros would be the organisations good will interms of social outlook where they helping family members to meet each other. , thinking beyond business and its a social cause initiative. The cons would be company while getting exposed a lot in social media may results in losing many of their business strategies andd other companies can easily copy some of the major moves.  

While refferring an accompanying spouse , the major pros are the family members will be more commited to wards company due to their moral obligation and it will hgelp company in return with a positive outlook from the society and family members. The cons would be irrespective of the capability or background of the spouse the company has to hire the expatriate returns spouse Ths may results in low productivity of waste of investment on resources. This ideally will remove opportunities of capable individuals or qualified persons.