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Global careers in French and German multinational corporations

Stahl, Günter K.; Cerdin, Jean‐Luc - In: Journal of Management Development 23 (2004) 9, pp. 885-902

assignments has been conducted using the US samples of expatriates. By exploring expatriate career issues in a cross …‐national sample of French and German expatriates, this study seeks to yield new and significant insights into whether the emerging …‐national differences in the nature of the expatriate career concept. The findings show that many expatriates are frustrated with how their …

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Transition and transparency in the employment contract

Lenaghan, Janet A.; Seirup, Holly J. - In: Journal of Management Development 26 (2007) 5, pp. 459-467

Purpose – To suggest a counseling model for human resource professionals, firmly based in providing complete transparency, which will assist employees and organizations in adapting to changes in the psychological contract. Design/methodology/approach – The authors posit that as the...

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Transition in the age of anxiety: the Turkish case

Tatoglu, Ekrem; Demirbag, Mehmet - In: Journal of Management Development 27 (2008) 7, pp. 653-659

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the transformation experience of contemporary Turkey, and to provide an introduction to the special issue and a review of the papers in the JMD special issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper portrays changes in Turkish business and...

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Managerial problems in Kuwait

Al‐Kazemi, Ali A.; Ali, Abbas J. - In: Journal of Management Development 21 (2002) 5, pp. 366-375

significant results were found between expatriates and nationals in their perception of managerial problems. Implications for …

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One size fits all in expatriate pre‐departure training?

Vance, Charles M.; Paik, Yongsun - In: Journal of Management Development 21 (2002) 7, pp. 557-571

Traditional expatriate predeparture training has been general in nature, neglecting the input of the respective host country workforce (HCW) in identifying specific work interaction demands for optimizing expatriate management performance. This study found that workforces from Mexico, Indonesia...

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Expatriate development: the use of 360‐degree feedback

Luthans, Kyle W.; Farner, Steve - In: Journal of Management Development 21 (2002) 10, pp. 780-793

evaluate expatriate cultural training at the behavioral and performance levels, as well as a way to develop expatriates to make …

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Potential expats in Singaporean organizations

Zhu, Weichun; Luthans, Fred; Chew, Irene K.H.; Li, Cuifang - In: Journal of Management Development 25 (2006) 8, pp. 763-776

human resource manager can provide help to expatriates and their family in dealing with family issues related to …

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Brain circulation to the UK?

Harvey, William - In: Journal of Management Development 31 (2012) 2, pp. 173-186

study do not support this shift because most of the sample of British expatriates in Vancouver are not intending to invest …

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Why do they come to London?

Dickmann, Michael - In: Journal of Management Development 31 (2012) 8, pp. 783-800

Purpose – The literature has hitherto neglected the influence of specific cities on the decision to work abroad, implicitly treating all locations within countries as similar. Using a boundaryless careers and expatriation perspective, the purpose of this paper is to investigate a range of...

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Preparing Managers for Foreign Assignment: The Expatriate Profile Program

Dunbar, Roger L.M.; Bird, Allan - In: Journal of Management Development 11 (1992) 7, pp. 58-66

Managers often have little knowledge concerning the cross‐cultural and organizational changes they can expect to encounter when they are sent abroad. Describes a personal computer program designed to make managers more sensitive to the adjustments that are needed due to the cultural distance...

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