International HRM

1 International business 9
1.1 Internationalization and globalization 11
1.2 Economic models 16
1.3 Going abroad 17
1.4 Entry strategies 20
1.5 Capital 23
1.6 Corporation 24
1.7 Management 27
1.8 International business approaches 29
1.9 Expatriates 33
Summary 37

2 HRM policy 39
2.1 Approach 41
2.2 Fit 44
2.3 International fit 46
2.4 Determining HRM policy 50
2.5 Extended responsibility 54
Summary 59

3 Culture of countries 61
3.1 Culture defined 63
3.2 National culture 66
3.3 Trompenaars 70
3.4 Hall 73
3.5 Hofstede 75
3.6 Other factors 93
3.7 Culture of the Netherlands 97
Summary 101

4 Employee relations 103
4.1 Area of employee relations 105
4.2 Labor unions 105
4.3 Works councils 115
Summary 118

5 Recruitment, selection & onboarding 121
5.1 Competences 123
5.2 Labor market 130
5.3 Equal opportunities 131
5.4 Recruitment methods 134
5.5 Selection 135
5.6 Onboarding 145
Summary 151

6 Labor conditions & reward 153
6.1 Labor conditions 155
6.2 Types of labor contracts 155
6.3 Time 157
6.4 Appraisal 163
6.5 Reward 166
6.6 Fixed wage 168
6.7 Pay structures for fixed wage 174
6.8 Performance pay 178
6.9 Income tax 179
6.10 Benefits 180
6.11 Pay gap 182
6.12 Expatriate compensation 185
Summary 194

7 Mobility 197
7.1 Mobility 199
7.2 Global talent management 200
7.3 Expatriate adjustment & failure 202
7.4 Repatriation 206
7.5 Termination 208

Summary 211
Reference list 212
Index 219
About the author 221