Cross-cultural training is recognised by many companies taking part in the Brookfield GRS 2012 survey as one of the most important ways to help expats – and their families – to get settled abroad.
Rising figure
Some 81 percent of the companies surveyed make cross-cultural training available to some or all assignees. In 60 percent of cases, this benefit is made available not only to the expatriated employee, but also to the entire family. This figure ties with one other year as the highest result since the question was first asked, and a full 18 percent above the historical average of 42 percent.
Increasingly digital
Increasingly, the training that is offered is web-based or CD-based: 36 percent of respondents said that training tools in this form were available to their group. This percentage is the highest recorded in the 10 years that the question has been asked, and reflects the demands of a new generation.
