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Expatriate Compensation
Author(s) -
Stone R.J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841118101900211
Subject(s) - expatriate , salary , compensation (psychology) , business , sort , work (physics) , marketing , public relations , economics , political science , law , computer science , market economy , engineering , psychology , mechanical engineering , information retrieval , psychoanalysis
Given the degree of Australian business activity in Asia and the resulting increased number of Australian expatriates, Australian companies are beingforced to establish expatriate compensation and benefit programmes. As any company having expatriates knows this can be a most complicated and frustrating area. What to do about salary, what sort of housing should be provided, how to handle taxes, what allowances should be paid, how often should home leave be granted and so on are all matters that have to be resolved. Companies can overcome many of the headaches and heartaches by simply doing some basic spade work and communicating.