International Human Resource
Management
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We address:
• Multinational performance management at the global and local level:
o considering aspects such as non-comparable data,
o the volatility of the global environment, o the effect of distance, and
o level of subsidiary maturity
• Performance management as part of a MNE’s control system
• Factors associated with expatriate performance, including compensation package, task and role, headquarters’
support, host environment factors and cultural adjustment • Performance management of expatriates and
non-expatriates, and for those on non-standard tasks and
assignments such commuter and virtual issues related to the performance appraisal of international employees
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non-comparable
data
sales on
consignment
face-to-face
‘going native’
role clarity
work
adjustment
360-degree
feedback
‘saving face’
Expatriate tasks:
chief executive
officer
structure
reproducer
troubleshooter
operative
formal control
mechanisms
‘international
employees’
‘corporate
governance’
psychologically
distant
host environment
cultural adjustment
performance
appraisal
customized performance
appraisal form
performance feedback
Assignment
functional
IAS
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