Sys Rev Pharm 2021;12(3):552-560 A multifaceted review journal in the field of pharmacy 552 Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy Vol 12, Issue 3, Mar-Apr 2021 Career Verdure And Wellness Signification Among Academic Expatriate Members Of Malaysian Private University Irma Wani Othman 1 , Muhammad Safuan Yusoff 2 Mohd Kamal Mohd Shah³, Mohd Sohaimi Esa 5 , Romzi Ationg 4 & Anna Lynn Abu Bakar 6 1,3,4,5,6 Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Sabah, Malaysia 2 Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia ABSTRACT The influx of professionals from abroad through the diaspora of career exploration shows a significant increase. Rationally, expatriate individuals who decided to expat must intend to utilise the development of their career development in the host country. In line with the era of globalisation and internationalisation policy of higher education, the understanding of the significance of the career verdure and wellness of expatriates is a critical element in the career development of international staff. The two main objectives of this study are (i) to identify the significance of career verdure and wellness among expatriate academics members of Private Universities of Malaysia and (ii) to work on an assessment that shows the tendency of expatriates in making choices to work in Private Universities of Malaysia. Based on the determination made from the purposeful sampling, a total of 35 expatriate academicians from three private universities willingly gave their consent to participate as study informants. Using a qualitative approach through in-depth interview methods, this study identifies the relevance of expatriate academician’s attendance who choose to serve in Private Universities of Malaysia and the significance of verdure and wellness in expatriate career achievement as an academician. The results of the research include four (4) key findings namely (i) Generating Income Maximization, (ii) Conducive Workplace Environment, (iii) Stimulus of Targeted Job Movement and (iv) Harmony of the Host Country. The findings clearly show that these expatriate academicians have used career paths through expatriation done to develop their careers, further achieving a level of success in a much better direction than what they gained while in their home country. Meanwhile the tendency of the decision to migrate among the expatriates is also seen as a relevant initiative on the part of the university management in order to optimally realize efforts to recruit, select and retain international staff, especially in Private Universities of Malaysia. Keywords: Academic Expatriate, Career Verdure and Wellness, Conducive Workplace Environment, Harmonious Host Country. Correspondence: Irma Wani Othman Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Sabah, Malaysia INTRODUCTION The wave of globalisation involving the phenomenon of internationalisation has contributed to the increasing number of academicians of independent expatriates to expat all over the world in order to gain valuable experience, especially when it is tied to career development (Irma Wani et al., 2020). In line with the development of higher education today, the presence of expatriate’s academicians in private universities is synonymous with the internationalisation policy aimed at the development of higher education. The main focus of expatriates performed by expatriate academician is indeed to get as much profit as possible and be able to provide benefits and advantages to aspects of life and career. In addition, this expatriation is done to get new values to replace the old values in life which is something that often burdens expatriate academicians while in their home country (Muhammad Safuan et al., 2016). Based on the popularity of expatriate academicians’ destinations, Malaysia is often listed globally as one of the five destinations in the Asia Pacific region which is able to provide a level of satisfaction in terms of good quality of life and guaranteed (Utusan Malaysia, 2019). For developing countries such as Malaysia, the phenomenon of the influx of professionals from abroad is increasingly showing rapid increase. The arrival of professional expatriates from abroad to serve in Malaysia is one of the steps to provide diversity of knowledge and complement the diversity of expertise of local workers in achieving the status of a developed country (Irma Wani et al., 2017). Malays ia also acknowledges that the entry of expatriates into the country is to meet the shortage of skilled and professional manpower in various fields where it is expected to have the expertise and skills from abroad for a period of 10 to 20 years in the future (Miandy and Azirah 2019). The field of higher education in particular has shown a significant increase in the dependence of professionals from abroad referring to its main factor, namely international expatriate academicians serving in Malaysian Institutions of Higher Learning. The increase in international mobility in the 20 th century and by the 21 st century has been linked to the growing demand rate of expatriate scholars in developing countries such as Malaysia (Miandy dan Azirah, 2019). This is due to the lack of number of local academic scholars who have expertise in various specialised and contemporary fields. With the need to meet the diversity of knowledge, diversity of experience, high skills and expertise of academics at local universities, the recruitment of international staff will surely bear fruit in developing quality human capital in the county (Trembath, 2016). In line with the era of globalisation that is synonymous with the internationalisation policy of national higher education, the deep understanding of the significance of migration decision making by global scholars is something relevant in assisting the recruitment, selection and retention of expatriate academic staff in the future (Irma Wani et al., 2016a).