Nationals And Expatriates

Author : Mr.Alberto Behar
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513573885

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Comparing the Employment-Output Elasticities of Expatriates and Nationals in the Gulf Cooperation Council by Mr.Alberto Behar Pdf

We estimate the elasticity of private-sector employment to non-oil GDP in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for GCC nationals and expatriates using a Seemingly Unrelated Error Correction (SUREC) model. Our results indicate that the employment response is lower for nationals, who have an estimated short-run elasticity of only 0.15 and a long-run response of 0.7 or less. The elasticity is almost unity for expatriates in the long run and 0.35 in the short run. We interpret low elasticities as indirect evidence of labor market adjustment costs, which could include hiring and firing rigidities, skills mismatches, and reluctance to accept private sector jobs. Forecasts suggest that, absent measures to reduce adjustment costs, the private sector will only be able to absorb a small portion of nationals entering the labor force.

Author : Andrzej Kapiszewski
Publisher : ISBS
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 086372275X

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Nationals and Expatriates by Andrzej Kapiszewski Pdf

This text addresses some of the major problems related to population growth and to the development of the workforce in the Gulf Cooperation Council - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

Author : Soo Min Toh,Angelo DeNisi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000644784

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Expatriates and Managing Global Mobility by Soo Min Toh,Angelo DeNisi Pdf

Multinational enterprises continue to rely heavily upon expatriates as part of their global workforce. These expatriates, whose exact employment contract may take different forms, are assigned to help them develop global skills as well as to foster knowledge transfer. But managing this expatriate workforce is extremely complex, requiring a questioning of assumptions and sensitivity to new social and cultural dynamics. This book sets out to examine the problem of expatriate management through an I/O Psychology lens. Each chapter draws upon the expertise of scholars from around the world to provide insights into the latest research findings and remaining needs, pertaining to a wide variety of issues. The contributors of this book review the current state of the research of the issue at hand and then make recommendations for where the new frontiers of the research should be in the coming decades. This volume covers four sets of issues pertaining to expatriate management and global mobility in depth. First, the different decision points organizations must make about assigning someone to an overseas location for some period of time; second the different categories of employees in the multinational corporation and their unique characteristics and challenges; third, the various issues and implications of managing a globally mobile workforce; and fourth, the unique contexts of global mobility. Overarching future research themes are identified that lay out the research agenda for the coming decades. By bringing together key research, this book aims to help I/O psychologists understand, explore, and identify new ways of contributing to the understanding of the issues involved in managing an expatriate workforce. Incorporating state-of-the art I/O psychology research in this unique context bears the promise of yielding important new paradigms and practices.

Author : Marian van Bakel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781003861737

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Breaking out of the Expat Bubble by Marian van Bakel Pdf

Moving abroad means having to settle into a new host country. This book enables expats and those who support them to create intercultural connections and friendships both within and outside the workplace. Having left behind a large part of their social network, expats need to make local friends to really settle in. This book shows you how this works, and that breaking out of the expat bubble and making local friends helps you adjust and settle in the new place you call home. Organisations and societies should also support expats if they would like to retain this international talent. It is important to create the conditions for expats to build a social network, for example by connecting them with a local buddy. Learn more in this book about the advantages of such contact and how to set up and manage a buddy system to the benefit of both your expats and your organisation or community. The book is illustrated by many quotes from almost 20 years of research and features 11 real-world experiences of expats around the world. It also includes practical recommendations for expats, organisations and societies. An invaluable resource on creating more intercultural connections and friendships in the workplace and the local community, this book will be well placed in the hand luggage of expats – especially those who go without much organisational support – as well as on the desks of managers and HR professionals who would like to better support expats on this great adventure.

Author : Jaime Bonache,Chris Brewster,Fabian Jintae Froese
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108492225

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Global Mobility and the Management of Expatriates by Jaime Bonache,Chris Brewster,Fabian Jintae Froese Pdf

A comprehensive overview of the practical implications for organizations that manage international employees, and individuals who are currently or aspiring expatriates.

Author : Clive W. Adamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Management
ISBN : CORNELL:31924050279961

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Nationals' Vs Expatriates' Reactions to Management Training by Clive W. Adamson Pdf

Author : Christopher Davidson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190244507

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After the Sheikhs by Christopher Davidson Pdf

The Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and its five smaller neighbours: the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) have long been governed by highly autocratic and seemingly anachronistic regimes. Yet despite bloody conflicts on their doorsteps, fast-growing populations, and powerful modernising and globalising forces impacting on their largely conservative societies, they have demonstrated remarkable resilience. Obituaries for these traditional monarchies have frequently been penned, but even now these absolutist, almost medieval, entities still appear to pose the same conundrum as before: in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring and the fall of incumbent presidents in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, the apparently steadfast Gulf monarchies have, at first glance, re-affirmed their status as the Middle East s only real bastions of stability. In this book, however, noted Gulf expert Christopher Davidson contends that the collapse of these kings, emirs, and sultans is going to happen, and was always going to. While the revolutionary movements in North Africa, Syria, and Yemen will undeniably serve as important, if indirect, catalysts for the coming upheaval, many of the same socio-economic pressures that were building up in the Arab republics are now also very much present in the Gulf monarchies. It is now no longer a matter of if but when the West s steadfast allies fall. This is a bold claim to make but Davidson, who accurately forecast the economic turmoil that afflicted Dubai in 2009, has an enviable record in diagnosing social and political changes afoot in the region.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CCH Hong Kong Limited
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Noncitizens
ISBN : 9881722314

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Tax Planning for Expatriates in China by Anonim Pdf

Author : Oxford Business Group
Publisher : Oxford Business Group
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : United Arab Emirates
ISBN : 9781907065972

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The Report: Abu Dhabi 2014 by Oxford Business Group Pdf

Although the emirate’s economic growth can be primarily attributed to its vast hydrocarbons resources, it has also made progress diversifying into new sectors such as manufacturing, tourism, aerospace, defence, finance and logistics. In addition to its economic investments, Abu Dhabi has also made major contributions to social welfare as well as infrastructure, which has been identified as the bedrock for future growth. The government has played a key role in the expansion of the security, aerospace and defence industry over the past decade in an effort to strengthen the UAE’s defence capabilities and as a means of boosting economic diversification. Despite challenges such as a high level of regional competition, most local defence and aviation firms expect to see continued expansion for years to come. The evidence suggests that the emirate has succeeded in nurturing new economic sectors and is on track to meet its goals. The oil and gas sector accounted for 56.5% of Abu Dhabi’s GDP at current prices in 2012, followed by construction (9.6%), manufacturing (5.9%) and real estate (4.4%).

Author : Giacomo Luciani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317411512

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The Arab State by Giacomo Luciani Pdf

It has often been argued that Arab states are arbitrary political creations, lacking historical or present legitimacy. This book, first published in 1990, provides a different picture of ‘the Arab state’, drawing on historical, economic, philosophical and sociological perspectives to give a balanced and convincing view of the complex reality of contemporary Arab politics. The contributors, from the Arab countries, from Europe and the United States, investigate the roots of the nation state in the Arab world, evaluating in particular the economic bases of individual states. They discuss the evolution of Arab societies and the way this is reflected in different states, and examine the problems of domestic and international integration in the Arab context. Original and comprehensive in its findings, this is an essential text on the fundamental political structure of the Arab world. Its interdisciplinary breadth makes possible an entirely new reading of the political reality of the Middle East.

Author : Ling Eleanor Zhang,Anne-Wil Harzing,Shea Xuejiao Fan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137489098

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Managing Expatriates in China by Ling Eleanor Zhang,Anne-Wil Harzing,Shea Xuejiao Fan Pdf

Providing fresh perspectives on managing expatriates in the changing host country of China, this book investigates expatriate management from a language and identity angle. The authors’ multilingual and multicultural backgrounds allow them to offer a solid view on the best practices towards managing diverse groups of expatriates, including Western, Indian, and ethnic Chinese employees. With carefully considered analysis which incorporates micro and macro perspectives, together with indigenous Chinese and Western viewpoints, this book explores topics that include the importance of the host country language, expatriate adjustment, ethnic identity confirmation, acceptance and identity. The book presents a longitudinal yet contemporary snapshot of the language, culture, and identity realities that multinational corporation subsidiary employees are facing in China in the present decade (2006-2016). It will thus be an invaluable resource for International Management scholars, those involved in HRM and other practitioners, as well as business school lecturers and students with a strong interest in China.

Author : Dr. Samuel K. Ngaima Sr.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781503524385

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Factors to the Liberian National Conflict: Views of the Liberian Expatriates by Dr. Samuel K. Ngaima Sr. Pdf

This book identified and analyzed the historical, political, cultural and social factors responsible for the Liberian National Conflicts, also known as the Liberian Civil Wars. These conflicts resulted in the destructions, genocide and divisiveness among the ethnic groups and increased refugee problems. The book traced and uncovered the historical, political, social, economic religious and cultural factors in the Liberian conflicts. It described as one of the prime factors, the unique formation of the Country and subsequent the leadership style and the social stratification for more than 140 years of Americo-Liberian oligarchic regime. The exclusions of the majority of the indigenous Liberians from the political and economic activities of the Country was identified as one of the factors to the conflict. The book revealed that nearly all of the 60 Liberian expatriates interviewed by the author considered as prime factors in the Liberian civil conflict, the perpetuation of Americo-Liberian governance over the majority indigenous Liberians for more than a century and the resulting disparities in political, educational and economic opportunities among the Liberian citizens.

Author : Brenton M Wiernik,Heiko Rüger,Deniz S. Ones
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783847410171

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Managing Expatriates by Brenton M Wiernik,Heiko Rüger,Deniz S. Ones Pdf

This volume provides in-depth examinations of a variety of individual, social, and environmental factors that contribute to the success of expatriate employees. Using data from numerous large-scale studies from both the public and private sectors, this volume provides valuable insights into expatriate success with implications for both theoretical understanding and practical management. The authors explore factors that influence employees to pursue expatriation, contribute to expatriate adjustment and satisfaction, and ultimately drive expatriate performance, well-being, and success. The chapters in this book consider the role of sociodemographic characteristics, personality and individual differences, training and preparation, and social and organizational support in contributing to each of these outcomes. Using findings from diverse countries and sectors and data-focused analytic techniques, this volume provides novel insights into factors promoting expatriate success.

Author : Connie Wanberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199978717

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The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Socialization by Connie Wanberg Pdf

Organizational socialization is the process by which a new employee learns to adapt to an organizational culture. This crucial early period has been shown to have an influence on eventual job satisfaction, commitment, innovation, and cooperation, and ultimately the performance of the organization. After decades of research on organizational socialization, much is now known about this important process. However, some confusion still exists regarding what it means to be socialized. The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Socialization brings comprehensive reviews of the scholarly literature together with perspectives on what is being done in organizations to integrate and support new employees. The first section introduces the principles and practice of employee socialization and provides a history of the field, and the second section focuses on outcomes and antecedents of socialization. The third section on organizational context, systems, and tactics covers an extensive number of topics, including diversity, person-organization fit, and social networks, and special contexts such as socialization into higher-level jobs, and expatriation. The fourth section reviews process, methods, and measurement. The fifth section goes "beyond the organizational newcomer" to examine socialization in special contexts. The sixth section expands on practice-related issues and walks the reader through two case studies, one in an academic setting and another in a corporate setting. The final chapters provide a "best practices" approach, based on the highest quality research, summarize the state of the field, and offer an agenda for future research as well as suggestions for potential research-practice partnerships. Unique and thorough in its approach, The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Socialization is a useful single source of information across the range of research relevant to organizational socialization.

Author : I. Boncori
Publisher : Springer
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137293473

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Expatriates in China by I. Boncori Pdf

Focuses on the individual experiences of Western expatriates in China by merging academic knowledge and real-life testimonials given by interviewees. The author also draws on her own experience of living and working in China, to explore a range of challenges and opportunities met by Western expatriates.