1. Human Resource Management
Chapter 19

2. Worldwide Labor Conditions
Statistics
Women in the Workplace
Glass ceiling
Entrepreneurs
Extra assistance
Mobility
Immigrant Labor
Low-skilled workers
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3. Source: www.grantthornton.co.uk

4. Worldwide Labor Conditions
Child Labor
Viewpoint of practicing countries
World Bank & UNICEF view
Forced labor
Forced Labor
Difficulties
Rural-urban Shift
Regional or Cultural
Japan
China

5. Source: www.venngage.com

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7. Staffing Finding the right people Requirements
Where they can be recruited
Global mind-set

8. Selection of Employees
Ethnocentric
International strategic orientation
Polycentric
Multidomestic strategic orientation
Regiocentric
Regional strategic orientation
Geocentric
Transnational strategic orientation

9. Source: www.hrgrapevine.com
Training
Home or Parent Country National
PCN
How to train
Family considerations
Host Country National
HCN
Hired in home country
Hired in host country
Third Country National
TCN
Why?
Host country attitudes
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10. Source: www.internations.org
Expatriates
Definition
Most common reason for failure
Considerations
Children
Two-career households
Language Barriers
Language trap
English
Advantages to certain languages
Repatriation
Expatriate Services
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11. Source: mthink.mercer.com
Compensation
Salaries
Allowances
Housing
Cost of living
Tax differentials
Education
Moving and orientation
Bonuses
Overseas premiums
Contact termination payments
Home leave
Source: mthink.mercer.com

12. Compensation Compensation Packages What percentage?
65-75%
What exchange rate?
Easily convertible
Currency controls
Compensating TCNs
U.S. taxing
Home leave bonus

13. Source: www.bostonglobe.com
Compensation
International Status
Perks
What’s important?
Product availability
Vacation days
Attractive locales
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