Julie Buguet

Providing personalized programs for expatriates spouses and children, living in an international mobility context is one of the key task which I achieve on every day basis. Non-adaptation of expats' spouses to their "new country" and mis-management of cultural differences produces catastrophic move back of the family to its home country which is known to be the number one factor of expatriation failure. Providing sufficient support to those families is the key element for expatriation success.

Students attending those lectures learn how to identify key cross-cultural differences and how they may affect French companies doing business on the global market, how to facilitate cooperation but also how to avoid conflicts or more generally how to develop cross-cultural awareness in order to minimize misunderstanding and communication issues due to cultural differences. Those seminars are based on practice and understanding of international mobility experiences of students.

The aims of my position was to give companies a broad theoretical and practical understanding of some key concepts and issues in organizational behavior, and in particular their implications for project managers in organizations in an area of change and of global markets. Drawing on a series of case studies and the experience of trainees focusing particularly on: organizational culture, importance of cultural background of employees, crosscultural issues in interactions.

The aim of this position was to deliver to people with a mental illness a wide range of services leading towards de-institutionalization. Community based services involved providing structured psycho-social individual activities to consumers within the environment where each of them live. The challenge was to find the most effective ways to support people with enduring psychiatric disabilities to develop and then fulfill their own and unique aspiration.

Expatriate Spouses and Family Identity Changes, International Mobility and Intercultural Issues