MHR 523 Lecture : Chapter 17.docx
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Expatriates employees who are citizens of the country where the parent company is based, who are sent to work in another country. Locals, host or onsite citizens of countries where they are working. Third country nationals citizens of a country other than the host or parent country. Home country home-office, or home-site employees are those who work where the parent company is based. Expatriate assignment failure early return of an expatriate from a global assignment (main cause: family issues) Power distance the degree that less powerful members of institutions accept and expect that power will be distributed unequally. Individualism-collectivism the degree to which ties between individuals are normally loose rather than close. In collectivist cultures, an individual"s identity is linked to the family or work group: economic systems. In free enterprise systems, the need for efficiency tends to favour hr policies that value productivity, efficient workers and staff cutting.