Managing expatriates: a return on investment approach
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Main Authors: McNulty, Yvonne (Author), Inkson, Kerr (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. Business Expert Press 2013
Edition:1st ed
Series:2013 digital library
Human resource management and organizational behavior collection
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Online Access:BSB01
Item Description:Part of: 2013 digital library. - Mode of access: World Wide Web. - System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-226) and index
Expatriation is a big topic and is getting bigger. Over 200 million people worldwide now live and work in a country other than their country of origin. Tens of billions of dollars are spent annually by organizations that move expatriates around the world. Yet, despite the substantial costs involved, expatriation frequently results in an unsatisfactory return on investment (ROI), with little or no knowledge as to how to improve it. Why is this so? The problem overwhelmingly lies in the poor delivery of effective expatriate management which is frequently handicapped by a lack of understanding of international careers and the forces that drive competition in the "global war for talent," an increasingly short-term profit-driven focus and a failure to adopt the rational strategic approach that organizations automatically apply to other areas of their business
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XXVII, 232 S.)
ISBN:9781606494837
9781606494820

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