haku: @indexterm SELECTION OF PERSONNEL / yhteensä: 491
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| Tekijä: | Zeira, Y. Banai, M. |
| Otsikko: | Selecting managers for foreign assignments. |
| Lehti: | Management Decision
1987 : VOL. 25:4, p. 38-40 |
| Asiasana: | MANAGERS SELECTION OF PERSONNEL MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | The demand for executives willing and able to serve abroad is increasing. The effective fulfillment of this demand is raising many problems. The results of a study concerning Swedish expatriates. The study was covering 639 managers in 26 countries. They found that 25 per cent returned home before the end of their contracts. A description of the selection procedure is given. The three main groups of people involved in the procedure: 1/ head office officials, 2/ expatriate managers, 3/ host country nationals. The difference in their approach is analyzed. Stages proposed for the development of more flexible and relevant criteria are: the role consciousness of the manager, the views of the host country's organization. |
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