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Repositioning Global Staff Transfers: A Learning Perspective
Author(s) -
Welch Denice,
Steen Adam
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.21557
Subject(s) - staffing , software deployment , perspective (graphical) , business , process (computing) , value (mathematics) , process management , knowledge management , operations management , computer science , management , economics , artificial intelligence , machine learning , operating system
Abstract In this article, we challenge the prevailing view that global staff transfers are a necessary cost of doing business globally by contending that such deployment is integral to successful strategic implementation. We use three scenarios—learning from failure, failure to learn, and lost opportunities—to illustrate how awareness of the consequences of decisions related to international staffing can facilitate their efficacy. Learning awareness therefore can lead to improved policies and outcomes for the management of global staff transfers and demonstrate the value HRM brings to the implementation process. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.