Expatriate selection, training and career-pathing: a review and critique
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US multinational corporations lose an estimated $2 billion annually due to failed or aborted overseas assignments. Recommendations are given for improving cross-cultural training and selecting the proper personnel for overseas assignments. Corporate policies in this area need to be revamped and based on improving international effectiveness, rather than on past policies which are comfortable but ineffective.
Publication Name: Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0090-4848
Year: 1987
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Leveraging Travel as a Tool for Global Leadership Development
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Short-term business travel is viewed as an opportunity for developing skills necessary for global leadership. Case examples of the effective use of travel in developing such skills are presented.
Publication Name: Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0090-4848
Year: 2000
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Expatriate Training and Development: Where Do We Go From Here?
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A variety of new approaches to the training of expatriate managers and their families are described. Three areas of concern for international human relations managers are identified.
Publication Name: Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0090-4848
Year: 2000
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author: Mendenhall, Mark E., Dunbar, Edward, Oddou, Gary R.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Name: Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations