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Human Resource Management. Chapter 19. Worldwide Labor Conditions. Statistics Women in the Workplace Statistics Glass ceiling Entrepreneurs Extra assistance Mobility Immigrant Labor Low-skilled workers. Worldwide Labor Conditions. Child Labor Viewpoint of practicing countries
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Human Resource Management Chapter 19
Worldwide Labor Conditions • Statistics • Women in the Workplace • Statistics • Glass ceiling • Entrepreneurs • Extra assistance • Mobility • Immigrant Labor • Low-skilled workers
Worldwide Labor Conditions • Child Labor • Viewpoint of practicing countries • World Bank & UNICEF view • Forced labor • Forced Labor • Difficulties • Rural-urban Shift • Regional or Cultural • Japan • China
Staffing • Finding the right people • Requirements • Where they can be recruited • Global mind-set
Selection of Employees • Ethnocentric • International strategic orientation • Polycentric • Multidomestic strategic orientation • Regiocentric • Regional strategic orientation • Geocentric • Transnational strategic orientation
Training • Home or Parent Country National • PCN • How to train • Family considerations • Host Country National • HCN • Hired in home country • Hired in host country • Third Country National • TCN • Why? • Host country attitudes
Expatriates • Definition • Most common reason for failure • Considerations • Children • Two-career households • Language Barriers • Language trap • English • Advantages to certain languages • Repatriation • Expatriate Services
Compensation • Salaries • Allowances • Housing • Cost of living • Tax differentials • Education • Moving and orientation • Bonuses • Overseas premiums • Contact termination payments • Home leave
Compensation • Compensation Packages • What percentage? • 65-75% • What exchange rate? • Easily convertible • Currency controls • Compensating TCNs • U.S. taxing • Home leave bonus
Compensation • International Status • Perks • What’s important? • Product availability • Vacation days • Attractiveness of U.S. and Western Europe