Open AccessInternational HR Assignment in Recruiting and Selecting: Challenges, Failures and Best Practices
Author(s) -
Lily Thoo,
Maniam Kaliannan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of human resource studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2162-3058
DOI - 10.5296/ijhrs.v3i4.4610
Subject(s) - expatriate , staffing , multinational corporation , business , human resource management , best practice , operations management , marketing , management , economics , political science , finance , law
This study attempts to examine various issues pertaining to the complexities of international assignment, one of the major dimensions of International Human Resource Management (IHRM). It is our hope that by deep understanding of the uniqueness of international staffing policies, root causes of expatriate failure as well as the challenges encountered by expatriates; a more strategic IHRM approach can then be strategized by multinational corporations (MNCs) taking into consideration of some personalized best practices in effort to avoid or reduce the chances of international assignment failures in future.