It has also proven to be problematic when home country nationals are reintroduced into their home culture after an extensive foreign assignment. The reacculturation of returning expatriates has become an important research topic in the international human resource management literature. Compensation plans for home country nationals working in host country cultures are particularly difficult to design. Managers wrenched from a comfortable domestic existence and placed with their families in foreign, unfamiliar cultures require considerable financial incentives to accept such assignments. But the equity with other host country nationals becomes a problem when a large disparity results from the extra compensation awarded to home country nationals serving in foreign environments.
Different nations have different political perspectives toward organized labor.
Some countries view organized labor as fully participating political parties with full access to the political process. Others totally restrict the opportunities for workers to gather and operate within their political environment. Managers operating in these different political and social cultures must be sensitive to the local politics and social structures surrounding the labor class, and not impose their home country's values and norms on workers. This page approved by St. Norbert College. All rights reserved.