Man & Work

October, 1979

Working OverseasWhen your employer wants to send you abroad, he probably isn't offering a redhead or a blonde. Although the multinationals are employing more host-country citizens, Americans willing to accept overseas assignments are hard to find, because many executives either refuse to relinquish their rung on the home-office corporate ladder or value lifestyle elements such as leisure activities, spouses' jobs and children's schools over loyalty to the firm. If you're a middle-level executive...