Faulty expatriate selection is directly related to expatriate failure, usually defined as the premature return of an expatriate manager (Tung, 1981). It is suggested that expatriate failure is higher in US MNCs than in Europe (Tung, 1981, 1982), which has been confirmed by European researchers as well (Scullion, 1994; Suutari and Brewster, 1999). Most recent studies, however, suggest that the trend in expatriate failures in US MNCs has changed. In her empirical research Tungli (2009) argues that the pattern of a high expatriate failure has changed since Tung 1982.