Purpose – This study aims to examine important situational factors impacting expatriate compensation and common practices utilized in compensating expatriates. Design/methodology/approach – A synthesis of literature was reviewed, leading to the identification of numerous situational or contextual factors impacting expatriate compensation. A review of extant literature also identified several cu...

offshore employees (expatriates) working abroad are an important part of any organisational workforce, working and competing globally. the specific requirements of expatriates are quite different as compared to the local workforce of that particular company. these requirements range from base salary to the educational needs of their families, children, and spouses. the employers especially work...

Offshore employees (expatriates) working abroad are an important part of any organisational workforce, working and competing globally. The specific requirements of expatriates are quite different as compared to the local workforce of that particular company. These requirements range from base salary to the educational needs of their families, children, and spouses. The employers especially work...

It has been determined that expatriate compensation is a difficult problem to address, and as result, expats' engagement their policies do have direct relationship. On the other hand, empirical research on pay packages drivers limited offers little guidance for compensation-related decisions. In light of this, study's primary purpose assess Indian expats in stated factors compensation. The seco...

As international corporate activities increase, the staffing of their operations involves more strategic concerns. However, foreign assignments have many differences, and dissatisfaction with host country is a known cause of expatriate failure. This study distinguishes from previous studies, which focused on the expatriate selection process from the viewpoint of the human resource managers. Fro...

We examined a multidimensional measure of perceived organizational support (adjustment POS, career POS, and financial POS) within an integtrative stress model of expatriate success. Expatriate success was defined in terms of multiple criteria and the predictors included role stressors, situational stressors, supervisor support, and POS. Hypotheses were tested with 230 expatriate–supervisor dyad...

Leadership succession has been an important topic for research and management practice because of its effect on firm performance. This study integrates leadership succession and expatriate staffing literatures by investigating performance outcomes of leadership succession at foreign subsidiaries in Japan. We distinguished four types of CEO successors: expatriate followers (expatriate succeeds a...

As organizations globalize their operations, there is a heightened need to identify and select qualified managers for overseas assignments. The increased complexity of these foreign assignments necessitates a recalibration of the traditional selection procedures and processes used in the past. In particular, there is some evidence that expatriation becomes strategic as organizations increasingl...

This research is conducted to get more understanding about the antecedents and consequences of expatriate adjustment. Expatriate adjustment is a very important factor for the expatriate and for the organization. As prior studies have explained that family, individual, and social capital factors significantly related to expatriate adjustment, but these studies did not integrate the antecedents a...

To ensure the success of expatriate assignment in China, it is critical that the most suitable candidates are chosen. This article provides a strategic model for selecting, training, and supporting personnel and their families for assignments in China and for helping them adjust to Chinese cultures. Homecountry reintegration strategies are also provided for developing experienced expatriates in...