A survey made by the Foreign Trade Council 120 Fortune amongst 500 companies revealed that 88 % of respondents indicated that dual-career issues will become more acute in the near future. An other sign is that the European Commission has recently decided to integrate dual-career issues in its action plan to increase mobility within the European Union. An earlier survey conducted in 1995 amongst 128 companies and their 28.000 expatriate employees revealed already that the number one challenge for HR managers is in finding candidates for international assignments and in nearly 50% of the time, employees are refusing international assignments due to spouse/partner career concerns. Motorola has made an interesting world-wide survey in 1994 amongst their employee's spouses and reveals that prior to their move 74% of spouses had been employed outside their home, 82% worked full-time and 84% had resigned from their positions to move overseas to be with their spouses (Pellico & Stroh, 1997). A similar survey made in 1994 within a major petroleum company is indicating that 66% of previously working spouses would like to be employed during expatriation. The fact that by the year 2000, 20 % of expatriates will be females (Michael Harvey, Human resource planning, 1996) indicates the urge to find solutions to offer to dual career couples. If you wish to obtain more info on the subject, don't hesitate to contact us !