Expats: Married Executives Juggle International Moves

Hi Everyone, Last month, The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article by Joann S. Lublin entitled Married Executives Juggle International Moves. 

The challenges faced by dual-career couples on the highly-mobile expat circuit are not new, but they are ongoing and they are increasingly a roadblock for some couples when one member of the couple is offered the chance to work abroad.  So it's great that the WSJ devoted some space to profile this issue and hopefully it will raise some more awareness of the difficult decisions that dual-career couples face - especially when one member of the couple has to give up their career/job to trail their spouse/partner to foreign lands...

Thanks go to Danielle Dayries of Ricklin-Echikson Associates for sending us this article.  If you see high-profile articles like this about expat life, please send them here, anytime.  Thanks, Andrea.

Missed Some Great Expat Links On Twitter?

Hi Everyone, I hope your week has been going really well.  Here are some of the expat-related articles that I have shouted out about on Twitter recently that might interest you:

Can you repatriate long-term expat managers? http://bit.ly/afCuJh

Expats and Entrepreneurs: Read Tom Frost's 'Why We Left': Brilliant! http://bit.ly/cWUtzj

Military spouse career program reviewed http://bit.ly/a32fLY

American journalist in Yemen falls for married US Ambassador. Held at gunpoint. Suicide attack. http://bit.ly/diZgwW

Expat rebellion over the (multiple) moving process: American foreign service wife's blog http://bit.ly/b9BWJN

How to create a career abroad by Jennifer Bradley http://bit.ly/bP8BLG

3 Ways to Start Your Overseas Job Transition - Harvard Bus Review http://web.hbr.org/e/?e=mt&d=062110

Esquire: President Obama Thinks Like A Third Culture Kid (TCK) http://bit.ly/drITgS

Expat Partners: Use your opportunity abroad to reinvent yourselves http://bit.ly/9ifG40

Do I Regret Moving Overseas? http://bit.ly/bKQSYM

How Can Expat Families Prepare for School Placement Interviews? http://bit.ly/916LG5

Expat Parents: Do all children really adjust so easily to a move? http://bit.ly/b433Rj

Tips For Expat Partners http://bit.ly/b1zgql

Expat Parents: The Risks of Parenting While Plugged In http://nyti.ms/aFG3Nv

Expat assignments rising. Survey says companies’ strategies support business objectives. Family? Not mentioned: http://bit.ly/aW2fxh

Has parenting expatriate children become an Olympic event? http://bit.ly/cnUXjC

Families in Global Transition Conference Speaker Proposals for March 2011 now open http://bit.ly/aSIdFg

Female expat spouses in Saudi can connect with flexible opportunities via new Women’s Skills Bureau (WSB) at www.wsb-ksa.com

Mercer to acquire ORC Worldwide http://bit.ly/cUtvd4

Expat in Vienna struggles with adaptation to local culture: Ever felt like this? http://bit.ly/baxBoV

Expat article: Challenges and opportunities for the trailing spouse http://bit.ly/99AbfR

To follow me in 'real time' and keep up with even more great expat links on Twitter, please click here.

Thanks Everyone and enjoy your weekend!  Andrea. :-)

Survey Participants Needed: Study Of Emotional Well-Being Of International Mobility Versus Residential Stability

Hi Everyone, Katarina Tova is doing the following research study for her Master's thesis and needs the help of willing participants please:

"If you are between the ages of 22 and 35 and are proficient in English language, then you are invited to participate in a research study that investigates the emotional well being of individuals who were internationally mobile during childhood and/or adolescence.

Please note, the study excludes those whose mobility was primarily determined by their parents' work as missionaries, military personnel or those who have had a legal status as refugees.

The purpose of this study is to deepen our understanding of the impact on emotional well being of international mobility versus residential stability."

Click here to participate. Or if you have questions, please email Katarina directly. Thanks.

"Questions about your rights as a human subject may be directed to Jane Calhoun, Harvard Committee on the Use of Human Subjects, , 617 495 5459 or 617 495 5459. This study has been reviewed and approved by the IRB office at Harvard University."