How many are the migrants in the world?
Migrant labor
Also known as economic migration, involves the movement of people from one country (or region) to another primarily for employment related reasons (IPPR 2004).
Migrant workers are used extensively for crop harvesting, mandating that they follow the
harvest seasons (Business dictionary 2011).
Expatriate
· To exile (oneself) from one's native country or cause (another) to go into exile
· To deprive (oneself or another) of citizenship (APA 2011)
Reasons to go away…
Expatriate assignment
Is boundaryless and protean (Mezias and Scandura 2005). A hallmark of the boundaryless career is that it is not bounded to a single organization. Rather, it transcends organizational memberships and consists of sequences of experiences across both organizations and jobs (Eby et al. 2003).
It implies…
• Expatriates undergo a socialization and acculturation process that affects their career identities (Mezias and Scandura 2005).
• The expatriate assignment (pre-departure, expatriation, and repatriation) requires
cycles of reskilling for the expatriate to make necessary adjustments to the host country, and home-country readjustments upon return (ibid).
Integration and social inclusion requires adaptation on the part of newcomers but also by the host society.
Establishment: tasks of the newcomer
• Negotiate an effective psychological contract – an implicit agreement between an individual and an organization that specifies what each is expected to give and receive in the relationship
• Manage the stress of socialization
• Anticipatory socialization - gather information
• Encounter phase - learn job demands
• Change & acquisition phase - begin to master demands
• Ease the transition through individual & organizational actions
Managing expatriate assignment
• Success of personnel assigned abroad depends largely on their preparedness through training in culture, customs, and language.
• Recognize them for their work and potential for making contributions to the firm now and in the future (this can help shape proactive returnees).
QUESTION
Explain how easy is it for Colombian companies to employ expatriates locally? Give examples.
The Colombian companies appreciate the foreign knowledge and admire most of foreign people. In this sense it is easy for them to employee expatriate people as we can see in EAFIT, with teachers of different countries that have been working here for a long time. It is clear that Colombian people is seen all over the world as open in terms of culture with a big sense of hospitality, and perhaps that Colombian education is recognized in many areas, the national people tend to see the studies abroad much better than the local one. This kind of thinking is changing lately, not because foreign people is being rejected but because with the process of development Colombian companies are believing more in local capabilities to work and to be used for successful business.
REFERENCES
· Buckley C. and Wills K. (2011) China's Wen puts social stability at heart of economy.
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• Institute for Public Policy Research (2004) Labour migration to the UK: an ippr
FactFile.
• Kram, K.E. (1985) Mentoring At Work, Scott, Foresman: Glenview.
• Mezias, J.M and Scandura, T.A. (2005) A Needs-Driven Approach to Expatriate Adjustment and Career Development: A Multiple Mentoring Perspective, Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 36, No. 5 (Sep.), pp. 519-538
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