Making a permanent move: reconciling different approaches to teaching and learning as an expatriate academic

The internationalization and ensuing mobility of academics have become a ubiquitous facet of business schools. This chapter presents the reality of global mobility for business and management academics as perceived by two UK-based management academics who expatriated to Australia and France. It delves into some of the challenges they face in reconciling different teaching and learning approaches and reflects on some solutions. Being an expatriate and an academic presents different challenges to those experienced by either of these groups in isolation. The expatriate academic must navigate their host country's national, institutional and social context and their inherent teaching and learning processes and policies. This requires cross-cultural adjustment, which takes time and needs support.