ABSTRACT

Regulators and governments look at the behavior of a company against local legal, socio-cultural and environmental norms. In terms of legal implications, we see fewer expatriates going from the developed world to the developing world in commercial organizations. This is partly because there are fewer profits to be made from poor countries and partly due to an increasing unwillingness on the part of the poorer countries to continue taking foreign expatriates instead of using local nationals. Restrictions on work permits for both expatriates and accompanying spouses are forcing more and more organizations to look at alternative staffing methods. This approach falls short of a truly global orientation to staffing, as discussed later, and is often more a reactive response to individual country conditions.