International Human Resource Management

2022 ◽  
pp. 141-161
Author(s):  
Mar Bornay-Barrachina

Nowadays, internationalization is key for the survival of firms. Internationalization of a firm involves an internationalization of all the functional areas of the firm, of which international human resource management (IHRM) is one of the most relevant. In an international context, managers should make decisions about what human resource practices are best suited to the firm's international operations. Being aware of the differences between domestic and international human resource management will help readers and managers to establish operational mechanisms to deal with country differences in terms of industrial labor, culture, and firm practices. Therefore, after reading this chapter, readers should be able to deal with aspects like adaptation or standardization of HR practices, international staffing, and relevant issues around expatriation and repatriation.

Author(s):  
Mar Bornay-Barrachina

Nowadays, internationalization is key for the survival of firms. Internationalization of a firm involves an internationalization of all the functional areas of the firm, of which international human resource management (IHRM) is one of the most relevant. In an international context, managers should make decisions about what human resource practices are best suited to the firm's international operations. Being aware of the differences between domestic and international human resource management will help readers and managers to establish operational mechanisms to deal with country differences in terms of industrial labor, culture, and firm practices. Therefore, after reading this chapter, readers should be able to deal with aspects like adaptation or standardization of HR practices, international staffing, and relevant issues around expatriation and repatriation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babin Pokharel

This conceptual article aims at understanding the reason behind the failure of expatriate in international assignments and focuses on comprehensive Human Resource concepts that will help in overcoming the rate of expatriate failure. Various HR concepts in relation with HR literature are presented in this article that will have an evident effect on the company’s performance and represents the effective system for the expatriate. The HR concepts presented in this article will eventually increase the job performance of the expatriate, and less likely to encounter culture shock whenever expatriate are chosen for international assignments.


2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Lily Thoo ◽  
Maniam Kaliannan

This study attempts to examine various issues pertaining to the complexities of international assignment, one of the major dimensions of International Human Resource Management (IHRM). It is our hope that by deep understanding of the uniqueness of international staffing policies, root causes of expatriate failure as well as the challenges encountered by expatriates; a more strategic IHRM approach can then be strategized by multinational corporations (MNCs) taking into consideration of some personalized best practices in effort to avoid or reduce the chances of international assignment failures in future. 


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