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Is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture? An evaluation of Sasol’s permanent settlement policy for the United Kingdom
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23471 Is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture? An evaluation of Sasol’s permanent settlement policy for the United Kingdom Wocke, Albert upetd@up.ac.za Naidoo, Anesa UCTD Expatriation Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Globalisation, amongst other factors has resulted in many organisations pursuing their strategic intent through the use of international joint ventures (Petrovic&Kakabadse, 2003). Companies are sending more employees on expatriate assignments which tend to be extended as a means of developing their pool of global leaders. The consequence of this is that employees begin considering permanent settlement in the host country as opposed to repatriating back to their home country The purpose of this research was to identify the conditions under which a host country permanent settlement policy is desirable for expatriate employees who work in an international joint venture by evaluating Sasol’s policy of permitting expatriate employees to permanently settle in the United Kingdom. Semistructured interviews were conducted with two groups of expatriate employees. The groups consisted of 3 employees each who either settled permanently in the United Kingdom or repatriated to South Africa during or at the end of their assignment in the United Kingdom. The study revealed that the primary drivers for employees choosing to permanently settle in the United Kingdom were due to the push and pull factors in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:25:28Z 2010-06-19 2013-09-06T15:25:28Z 2008-04-04 2010-06-19 2010-03-25 Dissertation Naidoo, A 2007, Is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture? An evaluation of Sasol’s permanent settlement policy for the United Kingdom, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23471 > G10/177/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23471 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03252010-150643/ © 2007 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Expatriation Is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture? An evaluation of Sasol’s permanent settlement policy for the United Kingdom |
| title | Is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture? An evaluation of Sasol’s permanent settlement policy for the United Kingdom |
| title_full | Is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture? An evaluation of Sasol’s permanent settlement policy for the United Kingdom |
| title_fullStr | Is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture? An evaluation of Sasol’s permanent settlement policy for the United Kingdom |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture? An evaluation of Sasol’s permanent settlement policy for the United Kingdom |
| title_short | Is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture? An evaluation of Sasol’s permanent settlement policy for the United Kingdom |
| title_sort | is permanent settlement an option for expatriate employees working in an international joint venture an evaluation of sasol s permanent settlement policy for the united kingdom |
| topic | UCTD Expatriation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23471 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03252010-150643/ |