ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the forms of global mobility that predominate within the Asia-Pacific region and discusses the implications for international human resource management (IHRM) and more specifically, for the management of global talent. The Asia-Pacific region is vast, stretching from Russia in the North to Australia in the South, with Middle and Central Asian countries in the East and West. The Asia Pacific region has contrasting forecasts for economic growth between developed and developing economies. A permanent, significant decline in global mobility within the Asia-Pacific region is not predicted. Expatriation to Malaysia, particularly in the hospitality sector is rising, with almost half of the expatriates coming from elsewhere within the Asia-Pacific region Global talent is defined as ‘high-performing and high potential incumbents’. IHRM is described as the field that ‘seeks to understand challenges and variation in people management in multinational enterprise (MNE) including employees’ responses to strategies, policies, and practices in various contexts’.
