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Determining the Types of Training and Development Supports for Expatriates

The aim of this study was to determine the types of training and development supports provided to expatriates prior to the departure, after arrival, and upon repatriation. This study used qualitative approach to gather valuable views from four human resource practitioners with regards to training an...

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Main Authors: Dayang Nailul Munna, Abg Abdullah, Cheam, Sheue Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2015
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HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815004383
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spelling my.unimas.ir.93042022-01-26T07:37:58Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9304/ Determining the Types of Training and Development Supports for Expatriates Dayang Nailul Munna, Abg Abdullah Cheam, Sheue Jin HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare The aim of this study was to determine the types of training and development supports provided to expatriates prior to the departure, after arrival, and upon repatriation. This study used qualitative approach to gather valuable views from four human resource practitioners with regards to training and development programmes offered by the companies. The findings revealed that many companies provide relocation supports, language training, cross-cultural training and orientation to expatriates and their family members before assignment and after arrival to enhance their adaptability and familiarization to the host country environment, culture, as well as to reduce the culture shock effect. Elsevier Ltd. 2015 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9304/1/Dayang%20Nailul.pdf Dayang Nailul Munna, Abg Abdullah and Cheam, Sheue Jin (2015) Determining the Types of Training and Development Supports for Expatriates. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 172. pp. 548-554. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815004383 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.401
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topic HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
spellingShingle HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Dayang Nailul Munna, Abg Abdullah
Cheam, Sheue Jin
Determining the Types of Training and Development Supports for Expatriates
description The aim of this study was to determine the types of training and development supports provided to expatriates prior to the departure, after arrival, and upon repatriation. This study used qualitative approach to gather valuable views from four human resource practitioners with regards to training and development programmes offered by the companies. The findings revealed that many companies provide relocation supports, language training, cross-cultural training and orientation to expatriates and their family members before assignment and after arrival to enhance their adaptability and familiarization to the host country environment, culture, as well as to reduce the culture shock effect.
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author Dayang Nailul Munna, Abg Abdullah
Cheam, Sheue Jin
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title Determining the Types of Training and Development Supports for Expatriates
title_short Determining the Types of Training and Development Supports for Expatriates
title_full Determining the Types of Training and Development Supports for Expatriates
title_fullStr Determining the Types of Training and Development Supports for Expatriates
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title_sort determining the types of training and development supports for expatriates
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url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9304/1/Dayang%20Nailul.pdf
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