Heather De Cruz Cornaire, Cafe Coach, Winner Best Research Contribution

Winner of the 2024 Relocate Award for Best research contribution
Winner: Heather De Cruz-Cornaire, Café Coach
Highly Commended: Crown World Mobility
The Best Research Contribution award is for contributions to global people management research and thought leadership. Innovative contributions which have practical implications, impact and contribute to advancement of knowledge or theory.
Dr Sue Shortland, Head of the Judging Panel and Senior Lecturer in HRM at the University of Westminster presented the award.
The judges explained why Heather De Cruz-Cornaire, Café Coach won the award, “It is clear from this research that understanding the challenges faced by globally mobile families and responding to them via policy and practice can be successfully supported by in-depth research providing detailed qualitative data.
"This is an extremely interesting piece of research that demonstrates in particular, the value that coaching can make to assignment success. A low cost intervention can result in an improved assignee and family experience leading to positive outcomes".
The award was collected by Heather De Cruz-Cornaire, Café Coach.
Of the Highly Commended entry from Crown World Mobility the judges said, “The research has been designed to inform MNEs on how they can capitalise from supporting global mobility: not only to retain employees but to engage them to advance an employer’s business objectives".
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