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HCT Host Country National

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employee who is a citizen of the country he works at

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Parent Country National

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EE who works at a country other than his own. Expat

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Independent Variable

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What you change in order to conduct your experiment. Ex: give training to a group

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Dependent variable

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What changes: their productivity

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Control Group

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The group that gets the placebo, the one you leave alone

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Incubator

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Open, High Tech, US, UK, Canada, No chain of Command, Encourage people to be creative and collaborative

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Guided Missile

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Silo, Nasa, task oriented different groups each have a task.

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Eiffel Tower

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Bureaucratic, central command, low skill

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Family

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Face to Face, relationship oriented

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Single Focus

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can work on one thing at a time, no deviation. Germany

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Multi Focus

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The plan can change as we go along. Italy, Spain

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High Context

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Implicit. There’s a lot more to what I say verbally. Collective. China. Relationship oriented. Tone of the message. Japan, France, Spain, Brazil

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Low Context

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Explicit. I mean what I say. UK, Australia, US

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Trompenaars

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Universalism/Particularism, Neutral/Affective,
Achievement/Ascription,
Specific/Diffuse

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Universalism/particularism

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Universalism - one law for everyone. Contract, standard. US

Particularism - Contract can change according to circumstances. China

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Neutral/Affective

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Neutral - Low key, don’t display emotions (Japan)

Affective - Relations, warm. Mexico, Russia

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Achievement/Ascription

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Achievement - I got what I got because of my achievement. US

Ascriptive - I am where I am because of where I was born, who I know, what caste I belong to. India.

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Specific/Diffuse

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Specific - Work and Personal lives are separate. US, UK, Germany.
Diffuse - relationships are fused between work and personal. Argentina, Spain, Russia

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Hofstede (four dimensions)

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Power Distance
Uncertainty Avoidance
Individual/Collectivism
Femininity/Masculinity

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Laws app outside the US

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Title VII, ADA, ADEA. US ee working for a US company outside the US can bring suit in US.

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Four T Framework (to develop Global mindset)

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Travel
Team Work
Training
Transfer
\+ Mentoring and Coaching
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Retirement

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US - Social Sec, EE and ER put in $
UK - State Pension Act (ER)
Canada - State Sponsored
India - Provident Fund (ee and ER 12% - all belongs to EE) Largest in the world
China - State sponsored
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Totalizaton

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Social security related

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Three R of leadership

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Recognize
Respect
Reconcile

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Outsourcing
One specific task - payroll, security, IT
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Offshoring/Nearshoring
Offshoring - sending to another country | Nearshoring - sending to a border country
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Orientation
Short time
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Onboarding
Can take months, years
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Ascriptive
India. I am ascribing to you your status based on your race, sex, caste, etc.
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Acculturation
Exchange of cultural features. Groups remain distinct
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Acquired Rights Directive
Safeguards the rights of European workers Same terms and conditions Can’t fire UNLESS: economic, technical, or organizational reason entailing change in the workforce
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Alien Corporation
A company that is incorporated under the laws of another country
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APEC
Asia-Pacific economic cooperation
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Assessment center
Not a place! | Used to determine managerial potential of an employee
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Assignment letter
Describes terms and conditions, length of assignment, components of compensation, vacation and home leave
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Balance sheet approach
``` Assignee retains same standard of living. Base salary is made up of: Housing, income taxes, goods and services, reserves (pension, savings, investments) Uses cost of living index ```
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Build up
Same as balance sheet approach
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Danger Pay
Paid in addition to hardship premium | Civil war, revolution, terrorism
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Decline stage
``` Profits and sales are falling Wages decline, training budgets slash, Layoffs Hiring freeze Top employees seek employment elsewhere ```
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Delphi technique
Different viewpoints of experts are presented | Final product is blended version of the others
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Destination services
Assistance to assignees
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EPI
Effective purchaser Index Buying generic Cost of living index, less generous than the standard
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Equalization
An expatriate will not be negatively or positively impacted
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Egocentrism
Your own culture is superior
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Ethnocentrism
Your ethnicity is superior
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Euro pay
Trend to pay employees the same throughout Europe
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Foreign Services Premium
Same as mobility premium | Paid monthly, tax free, over and above salary
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Geocentric corporation
Height of globalization- headquarters employees can come from anywhere on the globe
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Global corporation
An org which has operations across geographies | One country’s operations affect other areas
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Global regions structure
Make allowances for certain regions
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Globalist
The height, international employee, sr level, works in any country
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Go Native
The employees is totally immersed in their host country’s culture
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Growth stage
Profits and sales are growing steadily, hiring is up Training budget increases Pay higher salaries
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Hardship allowance
A percentage of base salary addiction, assignment involves harsh conditions
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HQ based balance Sheet approach
Assignee is paid according to HQ pay. Any differences are calculated compared to the HQ pay
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Home based balance sheet approach
Assignee is paid according to home country compensation | Any differences are made in comparison with home pay
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Hypothetical tax
What the ee would have paid had they stayed in their home country
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Inpatriate
Alien employees brought in to work in headquarters location
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ILO
A UN agency International labor organization Promote social justice, workers, human rights
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Job specification
Detailed statement of skills knowledge and abilities
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Kaizen
Japanese for “continuous improvement”
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Multi domestic corporation
Control is decentralized | Decision making is on local level
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Global vs multi domestic
Global is centralized decision making | Unified performance goals
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Multinational corporation | Multi national enterprise
Operates in many countries
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Nearshoring
Moving business to a bordering state/nation
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Nominal group technique
All ideas are considered by all members and formal evaluation is done
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Offshoring
Moving business to another country | India, China, Philippines
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OECD
Organization for economic cooperation and development | Countries that share principles of market economy, democracy and human rights
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Outsourcing
Having a vendor do something that the corporation used to do in-house
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Particularism
Right or wrong is based on changing circumstances | Ie Chinese and contracts: a starting point
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Polycentrism
Org leaders come from either HQ employees or local employees
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Provident fund
Compulsory pension program Workers must contribute to their retirement fund India is the largest
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Regio centric
Each regional area is self governed
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Split pay
Paying the ee what they need in local currency and the rest in home currency
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Tax equalization
Tax reimbursement system Expat neither loses or gained Hypotax is deducted, if there is more to pay- the company pays it
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Tax protection
No hypo tax! Company pays the tax bill. If it’s in Switzerland (more) the company pays more If it’s in Mexico, the employee pockets the difference
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Totalization agreement
Social security arrangements between countries | Prevent double social se unity deductions
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Universalism
It IS possible to determine what is true and good. It’s not up to circumstances Opposite of particularism Applies to every situation Black and white vs Chinese gray
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Xenocentrism
Other cultures are superior to your own

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