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Expatriate management within a context of best practice in the Africa division of a multinational bank
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24084 Expatriate management within a context of best practice in the Africa division of a multinational bank Taylor, Terence upetd@up.ac.za Ntshona, Sisa Neil UCTD Expatriation Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2007. Organisations are increasingly seeking business opportunities in foreign countries. As a result of this trend, human resource professionals in international firms are faced with the pressing issues of selection, preparation, communication whilst offshore and repatriation while still managing the careers of international employees. Both domestic and international human resource literatures are reviewed with the intent of identifying the "best practices" for expatriates. This study presents the results of research which ascertains the importance of these four aspects in contributing to the success of expatriate assignments. Using a single case study approach, the international human resource practices of Barclays Africa (BA) are examined. Data from questionnaires, focused interviews and existing documents were used to compare the research questions to the practices of Barclays Africa. As hypothesized, all "best practice" variables were found to apply in Barclays Africa, albeit in differing degrees. The implication of these findings for Barclays Africa and for South African Multinational Corporations (MNC) in general are discussed. The implications for international human resource literature and for practical use are also explored. The results confirm the importance of selection, preparation, management and repatriation in contributing to the success of expatriate assignments. Future research suggestions are provided. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T16:39:07Z 2010-07-03 2013-09-06T16:39:07Z 2008-04-05 2007 2010-04-23 Dissertation Ntshona, S 2007, Expatriate management within a context of best practice in the Africa division of a multinational bank, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24084 > G10/318/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24084 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04232010-115134/ © 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 Expatriate management within a context of best practice in the Africa division of a multinational bank |
| title | Expatriate management within a context of best practice in the Africa division of a multinational bank |
| title_full | Expatriate management within a context of best practice in the Africa division of a multinational bank |
| title_fullStr | Expatriate management within a context of best practice in the Africa division of a multinational bank |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expatriate management within a context of best practice in the Africa division of a multinational bank |
| title_short | Expatriate management within a context of best practice in the Africa division of a multinational bank |
| title_sort | expatriate management within a context of best practice in the africa division of a multinational bank |
| topic | UCTD Expatriation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24084 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04232010-115134/ |