Mentoring across global boundaries: an empirical examination of home- and host-country mentors on expatriate career outcomes

There has long been an interest in the effects of mentors on protege career outcomes, and with scholars now beginning to examine mentoring across national boundaries. Using survey information as well as company records for 299 expatriates (163 men, 136 women) in 10 countries, we examined the impact of home- and host-country mentors upon expatriate effectiveness. We found that having a host-country mentor had a significant positive effect on the...