Impact of Cross-Cultural Training on Expatriate’s Success

RUNNING HEAD: INTERNATIONAL HRM
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International HRM

Impact of cross-cultural training on expatriate’s success
The competitiveness of MNCs and the globalization of the world have made it necessary
for firms that operate at the global level to send expatriates on foreign projects. There are large
numbers of subsidiaries that operate internationally and due to that role of expatriates increases
(Sit, Mak & Neill,2017). The success of expatriates depends on many factors and one of the
factors in success in cross-cultural training. Presbitero & Toledano (2018 ), defined cross-
cultural training as the process of teaching an individual about the culture of others in order to
interact with them in a better way. Some of the cultural training that is given to expatriates
includes language training, didactic training, cultural sensitivity training, and cultural
assimilation exercises. These cross-cultural training improve the performance of expatriates, help
expatriates to adjust in the host culture and all these leads to the growth of assignments and
projects. Nowadays, cross-cultural training being taken as a staffing practice in international
human resource management. As it is important for employees who are working at the global
level to have strong communication skills, interpersonal skills and ability to lead diverse teams
(Hou, Fan, Tan & Valdez,2018).All these outcomes achieved with the help of cross-cultural
training as this helps an individual to learn the culture of the host country and to lead a diverse
workforce. Hence, it can be said that cross-cultural training plays an important role in the success
of expatriates and also in the growth of foreign projects or assignments.

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