The international staffing policies in North America differ from those in Europe, as empirical research shows (Tung, 1981, 1982). For example, Scullion (2001) suggests that European MNCs employ their overseas subsidiaries with expatriates more frequently than US companies and they usually have longer contracts. Brewster and Scullion (1997) argue that staffing policies in both North America and Europe are oftentimes developed separately from other areas of expatriation thus creating an imbalance between the process of expatriate selection and the company‘s international business strategy