expatriates cont.
see alsoparent country nationals (PCNs);
staff; third country nationals
(TCNs); women
expectancy theory 318
experiential approach to training 291
expertise/knowledge transfer 47, 80–1,
259, 260, 335
exportive HRM orientation 60, 61
external economies of scale 15
external locus of control 230factor conditions 20–1
failure, expatriates 273–5
family
children’s education 314
Chinese philosophy 199–200
spousal adjustment 272, 274
staff selection 269
vswork roles, women 367–9
family ownership 46, 181, 464
femininity vsmasculinity 146–7, 148
financial capital 424
financial counselling, repatriation 341
Firestone 98
firm strategy 22
firm structure 22
firm-specific advantages (FSAs) 39–41
flexibility
industrial relations 449
MNCs 36–7, 38
working practices 184–5
foreign direct investment (FDI) 10–11,
12 , 16
foreign service premiums 314
formal vsinformal selection systems 374–5
fragmented business systems 129–30
France
cultural change 103–4
management style 174, 181
organisational structures 123–4, 125,
126–7, 128, 130, 131
vsGermany 132, 135–7
see alsoEurope (EU)
free agents 275, 276
freedom seeautonomy
frontline implementer role 81
functional assignments 287, 348–9gender
‘gender-blindness’ 74
management styles 372–3
regime 416–17
stereotypes 363–4
see alsowomenGeneral Electric (GE) 93, 103–4
General Motors, Spain 404–6
geo-political features, Europe 168–9
geocentric (world) orientation 59, 60 ,
61, 252, 312–13, 473
geographic dispersion 34
complexity 34–5
potential benefits 35–6
Germany 20, 119–20, 134 , 169
capitalist model 413, 414, 417, 418,
422, 426–7, 428
collective bargaining 446–7
country-of-origin effect 395
HRM model 181–3
institutional convergence 424
organizational structures 123–4,
125, 126–7, 128, 131
‘social market economy’ 421
societal effect 23
staff transfers studies 259–60
vsFrance 132, 135–7
see alsoEurope (EU)
‘glass ceiling/wall’ 359–60
global assignments
analysis, cross-cultural training (CCT) 288–9
benefits 335–6
types 287, 346–50
global business management roles 80
‘global commodity chains’ 401–2
global companies 52, 54, 55, 56–7, 59
global efficiency 36, 37–8
global leadership competencies 335
global management development 77–9
global matrix structure 44
global organization model 47–8
global phase (IV) 69, 71, 72
global strategy 37–8, 41, 52, 53
globalization 136–8, 457–8
and Euro-company 459–62
and European social model(s) 423–7
goal(s)
achievement appraisal 320–1
cross-cultural training (CCT)
289–90, 295–6
repatriation 345–6
setting theory 318–19
going-native 276
government subsidies 27
group-based activities seecollectivism;
teamwork
‘growth and internationalization’ phase 68
GTE 342–3hardship and compensation 314
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