The number of international assignments continues to grow, especially to emerging markets. This is one of the conclusions in the 2013 Global Mobility Survey, commissioned by the Santa Fe Group.
The survey says that 41% of internationally operating businesses expect the number of international employee transfers to increase in the coming year, while 44% expect no change. Only 15% foresee a decrease.
The mobility programmes for emerging markets reported a 10% higher growth in assignment activity than those in non-emerging markets. Three-quarters of companies say that emerging markets are important to their mobility programmes, one third even as “very important”.
The growth in assignments is driven largely by retail, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas companies. The top five hardship locations are, respectively, India, Brazil, Russia, China and Vietnam, according to the survey.
