What are the advantages for organisations of employing self-initiated expatriates? Usually such expatriates are employed on local terms and conditions without any of the enhanced salaries, or payments of housing costs, education costs and travel advantages. Are they being exploited? Could organisations exploit them (take advantage of their skills and knowledge) more?

Questions

1 Why would an assigned expatriate want to become a self-initiated expatriate? Why would a self-initiated expatriate want to become an assigned expatriates?