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This chapter examines worldwide labor conditions, focusing on statistics related to women in the workplace, the glass ceiling, and the role of immigrant labor among low-skilled workers. It discusses the difficulties surrounding child labor and forced labor and presents viewpoints from practicing countries, as well as insights from the World Bank and UNICEF. Additionally, it addresses staffing, training, and expatriate challenges, emphasizing the need for a global mindset in employee selection and compensation packages in diverse cultural and economic contexts.
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Human Resource Management Chapter 19
Worldwide Labor Conditions • Statistics • Women in the Workplace • Statistics • Glass ceiling • Entrepreneurs • Extra assistance • Mobility • Immigrant Labor • Low-skilled workers
Worldwide Labor Conditions • Child Labor • Viewpoint of practicing countries • World Bank & UNICEF view • Forced labor • Forced Labor • Difficulties • Rural-urban Shift • Regional or Cultural • Japan • China
Staffing • Finding the right people • Requirements • Where they can be recruited • Global mind-set
Selection of Employees • Ethnocentric • International strategic orientation • Polycentric • Multidomestic strategic orientation • Regiocentric • Regional strategic orientation • Geocentric • Transnational strategic orientation
Training • Home or Parent Country National • PCN • How to train • Family considerations • Host Country National • HCN • Hired in home country • Hired in host country • Third Country National • TCN • Why? • Host country attitudes
Expatriates • Definition • Most common reason for failure • Considerations • Children • Two-career households • Language Barriers • Language trap • English • Advantages to certain languages • Repatriation • Expatriate Services
Compensation • Salaries • Allowances • Housing • Cost of living • Tax differentials • Education • Moving and orientation • Bonuses • Overseas premiums • Contact termination payments • Home leave
Compensation • Compensation Packages • What percentage? • 65-75% • What exchange rate? • Easily convertible • Currency controls • Compensating TCNs • U.S. taxing • Home leave bonus
Compensation • International Status • Perks • What’s important? • Product availability • Vacation days • Attractiveness of U.S. and Western Europe