Research Catalog

Title

Managing cross-cultural transition : a handbook for corporations, employees, and their families / Steven Shepard.

Author

Shepard, Steven.

Publication

Bayside, NY : Aletheia Publications, c1998.

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Details

Description

xiii, 239 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Cross-cultural orientation
• Culture shock
• Employment in foreign countries > Psychological aspects
• Reverse culture shock

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-219) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Part 1: The Multinational Corporation -- Outbound -- Inbound -- Statistics of Success-or Failure -- Part 2: Employee Assessment and Selection -- Employee Selection -- Line Management versus HR -- Employee Factors -- Spouse Concerns -- Health -- Age and Maturity -- Other Pitfalls -- Part 3: Preparation and Expatriation -- Predeparture Orientation -- Preparation and Counseling -- The Mentor -- The Mentor's Responsibilities -- Most Important: Communication -- Formal Mentor Programs -- Letters of Understanding -- Domestic Housing -- Employees: Remember the Family -- Part 4: In-Country Transition -- Arrival -- Settling In -- Acceptance -- First Home Leave: Satisfaction and Conflict -- Two-Career Families -- Part 5: Reentry -- Preparation for Reentry -- The Repatriation Process -- Breaking Ground: The Domestic Workplace -- Professional Transition -- Part 6: The Special Case of Expatriate Children -- Five Phases of the Global Nomad -- Preparing Children for Reentry -- The Five Cs -- Part 7: Creating a Multinational Employee -- Management Strategy -- Issues, Concerns, and Special Cases -- Interorganizational Transfers -- Turnabout- Educating the Home Office -- Putting the Skills to Work -- Operational Skills -- Tactical Skills -- Strategic Skills -- Peer Counseling and Family Support -- Compensation Issues -- Intangible Components of Compensation -- Foreign Business Practices -- Fiscal Responsibilities of the Expatriate Employee -- Feedback -- Keys to Managing the Expatriate Employee -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

ISBN

0963926055

LCCN

^^^97072339^//r98

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library