This thesis explores some of the individual and organisational challenges involved in the repatriation process after international assignments. The purpose of this dissertation is to probe the turnover rate after repatriation in Europe and to determine whether this is considered to be a problem. The study was conducted through means of a questionnaire on a sample of Human Resource Managers in Western European companies. The authors did find some trends that may indicate that the climate for repatriates differs from that in North America. The authors did not, however, find influences connecting knowledge management and repatriate turnover.