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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451816003321

Autore

Herod Roger <1944->

Titolo

Expatriate compensation [[electronic resource] ] : the balance sheet approach / / Roger Herod

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria, Va., : Society for Human Resource Management, c2008

ISBN

1-58644-306-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 p.)

Collana

Global HR management series

Disciplina

658.3/2

Soggetti

International business enterprises - Personnel management

Wages

Cost and standard of living

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The balance sheet system -- Salary and benefits -- Goods and services -- Housing -- Income taxes -- Reserve -- Expatriate premiums and incentives -- Foreign service and mobility premiums -- Hardship allowances -- Challenges to the balance sheet system -- Alternatives to the home based balance sheet -- Summary.

Sommario/riassunto

In a concise and straightforward manner, this guide presents the fundamental issues involved in global staffing, particularly in developing a corporate compensation approach for expatriate assignments. This reference strongly emphasizes the critical importance of considering the differences in the cost of goods and services, housing, and income taxes in international assignments as well as in regional transfers within the same country. Managers deciding whether to send an expatriate on assignment will find the total costs-from the various allowances and differentials provided to expatriates to