n l What is the purpose or reason for the international assignment? Is the assignment demand-driven (i.e., the international assignee is sent because the MNE wants control and consistency in the foreign operations or the employee has the necessary competencies to solve a particular problem for the company) or learningdriven

(the assignment is for the purpose of employee competency development and career enhancement)? Demand-driven assignments may require a better compensation package than learning-driven assignments, as the international assignee will derive additional developmental benefits from the latter and should not be provided as many additional incentives to do so.