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Managing Performance Abroad
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 209

Managing Performance Abroad

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-08-01
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  • Publisher: Routledge

In a global economy full of multinational firms, international human resource management (including expatriation, career management, and talent management) is a growing topic in the business and management literature and in universities. A thorough understanding of the adjustment of expatriates to their new environment is critical not only for selection and preparation of potential expatriates, but also for the management of expatriate performance. Managed well, expatriates can be key contributors to organizational success while abroad and even after repatriation. Poor understanding and management of expatriate issues, on the other hand, may lead to underperformance and increased turnover of...

International Human Resource Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 342

International Human Resource Management

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-04-18
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Conducting business across national borders is nothing new; the Knights Templar were banking internationally as long ago as 1135. But modern globalization processes raise different challenges, and as the world becomes smaller and labour movements more common, an international understanding of human resource management is essential. The second edition of International HRM provides a fully updated and revised analysis of this important area. Its innovative, multi-disciplinary approach allows a holistic picture to emerge in which key issues are assessed from organizational, individual and societal perspectives. The collection is divided into three parts: the contemporary internationalization co...

Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 464

Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East

This Handbook provides evidence-based information to the reader regarding the dynamics of HRM in this important region. The book is developed into three parts – contextual and functional issues such as societal and cultural perspectives, performance management and talent management; country-specific HRM covering the GCC, Levant and North African nations; and emerging themes such as HR issues related to domestic workers, labour localisation, expatriate management, CSR, Wasta, foreign and public sector firms. Covered under 23 chapters, the systematic analysis highlights the main forces determining HRM systems in the region.

Work and Family Interface in the International Career Context
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 219

Work and Family Interface in the International Career Context

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-06-12
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book focuses on the interface of work and personal life of international professionals. The globalization of business has led to an increasing number of people who work in international roles either through working abroad on different kinds of assignments or through international travelling. This book provides novel knowledge on the topic from different perspectives, highlighting not only the inherent challenges but also the positive side of working in a modern globalized world. Moreover, the book contributes by bringing together international professionals’ own experiences, family members’ experiences, organizational aspects and new theoretical discussions and models. The book cove...

The Cultural Dimension of Global Business
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 355

The Cultural Dimension of Global Business

Now in its eighth edition, The Cultural Dimension of Global Business continues to provide an essential foundation for understanding the impact of culture on global business and global business on culture. The highly experienced authors demonstrate how the theory and insights of cultural anthropology can positively influence the conduct of global business, examining a range of issues that individuals and organizations face as they work globally and across cultures. The cross-cultural scenarios presented in each chapter allow students of business, management, and anthropology alike to explore cultural difference while gaining valuable practice in thinking through a variety of complex and thorny cultural issues. The fully updated eighth edition offers: • an expanded focus on organizational activities, with two new chapters that provide greater insight into organizational culture and change, and customer engagement; • fresh case study material with a range of examples drawn from around the world; • further resources via a companion website, including a fully updated Instructor’s Manual and new interactive quiz questions for students.

Research Handbook of Expatriates
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 577

Research Handbook of Expatriates

'In the Research Handbook of Expatriates, Yvonne McNulty and Jan Selmer have created a seminal work that should be on the bookshelf of all social scientists who work in the field of expatriation. More senior scholars will appreciate the ''deep dive'' each chapter takes into the literature, each one acting as a reservoir they can draw from to powerfully inform their future research efforts. Doctoral students and newly minted PhDs will find this book to be especially valuable - the final chapter of the book alone provides inestimable career and ''how-to-publish'' guidance for them in the field of expatriation. The coverage of the history, construct, milieu, research methodologies, and issues i...

Global Mobility and the Management of Expatriates
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 333

Global Mobility and the Management of Expatriates

A comprehensive overview of the practical implications for organizations that manage international employees, and individuals who are currently or aspiring expatriates.

Managing a Global Workforce
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 459

Managing a Global Workforce

Managing a Global Workforce examines important human resource management issues and practices in today’s global marketplace, helping current and future managers and leaders, regardless of nationality, in making effective human talent management decisions for optimal organizational performance. This fourth edition includes significant updates to reflect recent global developments affecting the management of global HRM, including the following: • The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on new work expectations/arrangements; • The Great Resignation; • AI and automation; • Managing diversity, equity, and inclusion; • Climate change; • Emerging economies; and • CSR/ethics/sustainabil...

哈佛商業評論2007年2月號
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 158

哈佛商業評論2007年2月號

面向未來 去年12月開始,原本每個月在台北舉辦的「哈佛商業評論菁英論壇」,擴大到中南部舉行。1月6日我們與台中東海大學合辦的場次,生產衛浴設備的成霖企業董事長歐陽明是主講人之一。 成立28年的成霖企業,從一家小貿易商,成長為全亞洲最大的水龍頭製造商,據點遍及全球,合併營收約一百億元;自創品牌,打入北美、亞洲市場;收購有八十餘年歷史的美國衛浴設備大廠,目前已經展現效益。這樣的成績看來,成霖算是相當成功了。但是歐陽明卻說:「我們還不算成功,我們還在競爭中。」 「競爭中」,表示企...

The Management of Global Careers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

The Management of Global Careers

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-05-25
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  • Publisher: Springer

Exploring global career issues in-depth, this important collection works at the intersection of career management and international HRM. It uses a multitude of perspectives to explore global career drivers, experiences and outcomes for individuals, as well as career systems and management within organisations and societies. Both long-term and short-term careers are discussed and examined alongside the impact that they have on elements of family life, providing a useful guide for academic scholars, HR managers and professionals operating in global environments.