WHY THAT PLUM JOB ABROAD COULD BE A ROTTEN MOVE

摘要

With eight years of international experience on two continents under your belt, you figured you were on a fast track to a C - suite job. Well, think again. Monika Hamori and Burak Koyuncu of Spain's IE Business School examined the careers of 1,001rnexecutives from the largest companies in the U.S. and Europe and found that the number and duration of foreign assignments did influence how fast an employee rose up the ranks-but not in the way you might expect. Those who spent more time away from headquarters actually took longer to get to the top. And posts taken at later stages of an executive's career were especially detrimental to advancement. Time spent abroad with other employers didn't do anything to help one's chances, either.