Southern European capitalist model 417
Southern European countries 181
space orientation 159
Spain, General Motors 404–6
specificity vsdiffuseness 151–2
speed of M&A 106–7
‘spider’ role 265–6
spousal adjustment 272, 274
staff
employee alienation 229
policies 252–9
transfer archetypes 275–6
transfer motives 259–68
see alsoexpatriates; individual(s); host
country nationals (HCNs); parent
country nationals (PCNs); third
country nationals (TCNs); women
stand-alone acquisitions 93–5
standardization of operations 402
state involvement 175–6, 181
state organized business systems 130
state-owned enterprises (SOEs)
China 210
Europe 464–5
Taiwan 206–7
Vietnam 212, 213–14
statistics
international staff 253–6
internationalization trends 10–11
status and contract 417–18, 421–2, 423
‘statutory model effect’, EWCs 471
strategic assignments 287, 349–50
strategic HRM (SHRM) 73–4
strategy
MNCs 36–8, 42–8, 49 , 67–74
national differentiation 29
national firm 22
post-merger outcomes 92–7
structural interrelationships 125–6
structuration theory 122
structure
MNCs 41–51
national firm 22, 123–31
subsidiaries 52, 53–5, 56–7, 255 , 256–9
characteristics 262–5
and headquarters 266–7, 309
management roles 81
supervisor–subordinate relationships,
women 373
support
expatriate adjustment 271–3
repatriation 343–7
women 367, 368
supporting industries 22
Swedco 398–400Sweden 20, 169
cultural interpretations 155–6, 163
EU 169–71
Switzerland 20, 171, 172
symbolic–analytical services 26
synergy effects seeeconomies of scopetactical assignments 287, 348–9
Taiwan 204–7
talent retention (M&A) 102–3
tax assistance, repatriation 341
teamwork 267
see alsocollectivism; management
team selection
technical assignments 287, 347–8
technical competence 268
technological innovation 126–8
technology 48
CNC machine-tools 126–7
electronic CCT 297–9
industry expansion, Taiwan 204–6
IT industry 346
temporary contracts 184, 185
terminology 39
third country nationals (TCNs) 252,
253, 254 , 256
compensation 314, 315
cross-cultural training (CCT) 300
see alsoexpatriates
time orientation 152, 154, 158–9, 160
top-level corporate management 81–2
total quality management (TQM)
202, 210–11
trade unionism
Europe 176–8, 186–7
Japan 203–4
Taiwan 205, 206, 207
US perspectives 176–8, 419–20
Vietnam 214
see alsoindustrial relations
traditional philosophy, Chinese 196–200,
208, 211–12
training
Europe 186
intercultural management and
awareness 242
Japan 202
repatriation seminars 340–1
as socialization 267
Taiwan 205, 207
see alsocross-cultural training (CCT)
transaction cost theory seeeclectic theory
transformation (M&A) 96–7
transition HR companies 76–7
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