International Organizational Behaviour and HRM

Running head: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND HRM
International organizational behaviour and HRM
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1INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND HRM
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2INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND HRM
Section A
Question 1
The term expatriate employees indicate those employees who are being sent for living
in abroad for a particular period (McNulty & Vance, 2017). In the current scenario, with the
increasing rate of globalization, most of the organizations have decided to relocate the staffs
for expanding the business in the global market. In the case of international assignment, the
employees who are being sent to the other countries perform the business operations after
analysing the market situation of the particular country. Through this process, the cross-
cultural practices are being influenced. Through the cross-cultural adjustments, the issues
associated with the operationalization and conceptualization in the international industry is
being analysed by the expatriate employees (Firth et al., 2014).
Question 2
Hofstede’s cultural dimension theory is being considered as a framework, where the
cross-cultural communication is being introduced (Mazanec et al., 2015). According to the
author social has the higher level of impact on the culture and values of the people who are
connected with it. Hence this can be said that the behavioural changes and cultural
preferences depend on the social values. Trompenaars and Hampden- Turner mentioned that
there are seven dimensions of culture. Liu, Meng & Fellows (2015), mentioned that the
cultural differences and influence of emotion, communication, particularism, direction,
ascription. By adopting this model the people who are from different cultural backgrounds
can be treated in the better manner. On the other hand, from the findings of McKinsey, it has
been identified that from the Horizon Index it has been analysed that in the case of long-term
approach the superior performance of individuals or a peer can influence the earnings and