Many training techniques are available to assist overseas assignees in the adjustment process. These techniques are classified by Tung as (I) area studies, that is, documentary programs about the country's geography, economics, socio-political history, and so forth; (2. culture assimilators, which e.... readmore
Similar to culture shock, although usually less extreme, is the experience of subculture shock. This occurs when a manager is transferred to another part of the country where there are cultural differences - essentially from what she or he perceives to be a “majority” culture to a “minority” one. Th.... readmore
The goal of this training is to ease the adjustment to the new environment by reducing culture shock - a state of disorientation and anxiety about not knowing how to behave in an unfamiliar culture. The cause of culture shock is the trauma people experience in new and different cultures, where they .... readmore
Some 81% of companies [around the world] said in 1998 that they expect to send an increasing number of people overseas through 2000. That
means more folks confounded by foreign cultures and customs. What's key? Preparation.
www.businessweek.com, MARCH 5, 2001.
It is clear that p.... readmore
Some 81% of companies [around the world] said in 1998 that they expect to send an increasing number of people overseas through 2000. That
means more folks confounded by foreign cultures and customs. What's key? Preparation.
www.businessweek.com, MARCH 5, 2001.
It is clear that p.... readmore
While 89 percent of companies formally assess a candidate's job skills
prior to a foreign posting, less than half go through the same process for cultural suitability. Even fewer gauge whether the family will cope.
Deciding on a staffing policy and selecting suitable managers are logic.... readmore
of success for expatriate managers: job factors, relational dimensions such as cultural empathy and flexibility, motivational state, family situation, and language skills. The relative importance of each factor is highly situational and difficult to establish.16
These expatriate success facto.... readmore
The initial phase of setting up criteria for global selection, then, is to consider which overall staffing approach or approaches would most likely support the company's strategy, as discussed above, such as HCNs for localization (multifocal) strategic approach and transpatriates for globalization. .... readmore
The conclusions drawn by the researchers some time ago are still valid today. The ethnocentric staffing approach, for example, usually results in a higher level of authority and decision making in headquarters compared to the polycentric approach.'3
A study by Rochelle Kopp found that ethnoce.... readmore
Alternate philosophies of managerial staffing abroad are known as the ethnocentric, polycentric, egocentric, and global approaches. Firms using an ethnocentric staffing approach fill key managerial positions with people from headquarters - that is, parent-country nationals (PCNs). Among the advantag.... readmore