Managing Inpatriation
Making Assignments More Effective
Published on 3. July 2017
XVII, 215 pages
978-3-658-18829-0 (ISBN)
Description
Wilhelm Griga explores benefits of inpatriation, issues, remediation strategies, and factors influencing inpatriate assignment effectiveness to better fulfill individual and organizational demands. The author covers inpatriation theory and presents empirical research results on inpatriates from China and USA in Germany. Antecedents to inpatriate's competence build-up, goal achievement, and career development are explored and established. Significant insights and recommendations on the transfer of employees from foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations to the headquarters of the parent company are provided.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Language
English
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XVII, 215 p. 19 illus.
File size
4,40 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-658-18829-0 (9783658188290)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-18829-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Book
07/2017
Springer Gabler
€53.49
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Person
Dr. Wilhelm Griga received his PhD from University of Bayreuth, Germany. He is a senior manager at a multinational company and has gained broad experience in international management and business administration covering Europe, Asia, and USA. He has served as a guest speaker at several universities.
Content
Inpatriation Assignments as a Research Domain.- Major Inpatriation Objectives, Challenges, and Success Strategies.- Dimensions and Antecedents of Inpatriation Assignment Effectiveness.- Results of Empirical Study on Competence Build-Up, Goal Achievement, and Career Development.- Conclusions and Recommendations for Effective Inpatriation.
