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Write a 3-page paper answering the following questions in detail. The paper must be written in APA format.
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Chapter 17
International Dimensions of Talent Management
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In-Class Presentations
Isabel Cavalieri
Joseph Cassella
Durado Bailey
Meshari Alanazi
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Learning Goals (1 of 3)
17-1: Explain the concept of culture and its implications for talent management.
17-2: Identify various dimensions that help to distinguish cultures.
17-3: Discuss recent theoretical and methodological developments in the study of culture.
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Learning Goals (2 of 3)
17-4: Distinguish translation, conceptual, and metric equivalence when psychological measures are transported across cultures.
17-5: Describe how selection for international assignments differs from that for domestic assignments.
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Learning Goals (3 of 3)
17-6: Specify key areas in which to focus expatriate training.
17-7: Identify key components of an effective performance management system for expatriates.
17-8: Suggest evidence-based actions that organizations can take to reduce turnover among repatriates.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (1 of 14)
Globalization and culture
Vertical cultures accept hierarchy as a given
Horizontal cultures accept equality as a given
Individualistic cultures in societies are complex and loose
Collectivism in societies simple and tight
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (2 of 14)
Globalization and culture
Definition of the self
Autonomous and independent from groups versus interdependent with others
Structure of goals
Priority is given to personal goals versus priority given to in-group goals
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (3 of 14)
Globalization and culture
Norms versus attitudes
Attitudes, personal needs, perceived rights, and contracts as determinants of social behaviour versus norms, duties, and obligations as determinants of social behaviour
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (4 of 14)
Globalization and culture
Relatedness versus rationality
Collectivists emphasize relatedness whereas individualists emphasize rationality
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Learning Goal: 17-1: Explain the concept of culture and its implications for talent management.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (5 of 14)
Country-level cultural differences
Power distance
Extent members of an organization accept inequality and whether they perceive much distance between those with power
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Learning Goal: 17-2: Identify various dimensions that help to distinguish cultures.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (6 of 14)
Country-level cultural differences
Uncertainty avoidance
The extent to which a culture programs its members to feel either comfortable or uncomfortable in unstructured situations
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Learning Goal: 17-2: Identify various dimensions that help to distinguish cultures.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (7 of 14)
Country-level cultural differences
Individualism
The extent to which people emphasize personal or group goals
Masculinity
Societies that differentiate very strongly by gender
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Learning Goal: 17-2: Identify various dimensions that help to distinguish cultures.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (8 of 14)
Country-level cultural differences
Long-term versus short-term orientation
Extent to which a culture programs its members to accept delayed gratification of their material, social, and emotional needs.
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Learning Goal: 17-2: Identify various dimensions that help to distinguish cultures.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (9 of 14)
Country-level cultural differences
Culture
Global, national, regional, state, community, industry, organizational, and team levels clearly affect behaviour in organizations
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Learning Goal: 17-3: Discuss recent theoretical and methodological developments in the study of culture.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (10 of 14)
Country-level cultural differences
Cross-cultural research
Helps us understand and leverage similarities and differences in a globalized and interdependent world
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Learning Goal: 17-3: Discuss recent theoretical and methodological developments in the study of culture.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (11 of 14)
Psychological measurement
Translation equivalence
The wording of a measure that has been translated into a different language
Conceptual equivalence
Attribute being measured has similar meanings across cultures
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Learning Goal: 17-4: Distinguish translation, conceptual, and metric equivalence when psychological measures are transported across cultures.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (12 of 14)
Psychological measurement
Metric equivalence
Statistical associations among dependent and independent variables remain relatively stable, regardless of whether a measure is used domestically or internationally
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Learning Goal: 17-4: Distinguish translation, conceptual, and metric equivalence when psychological measures are transported across cultures.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (13 of 14)
Terminology
Expatriate or foreign-service employee
Anyone working outside her or his home country with a planned return to that or a third country
Home country
Expatriate’s country of residence
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Learning Goal: 17-5: Describe how selection for international assignments differs from that for domestic assignments.
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Twenty-First-Century Capitalism (14 of 14)
Terminology
Host country
Country in which expatriate is working
Third-country national
The expatriate who has transferred to an additional country while working abroad
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Learning Goal: 17-5: Describe how selection for international assignments differs from that for domestic assignments.
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International Management and Cultural Competence (1 of 2)
Future international executives
Gets organizational attention and investment
Takes or makes more opportunities to learn
Is receptive to learning opportunities
Changes as a result of experience
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Learning Goal: 17-5: Describe how selection for international assignments differs from that for domestic assignments.
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International Management and Cultural Competence (2 of 2)
Cultural intelligence (CQ)
Individuals’ belief in their ability to be effective in culturally diverse environments and their interests in other cultures
Captures affective, cognitive, behavioural, and motivational facets
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Learning Goal: 17-5: Describe how selection for international assignments differs from that for domestic assignments.
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Selection for International Assignments (1 of 2)
General mental ability
Wonderlic Personnel Test
Ravens Progressive Matrices
General Aptitude Test Battery
Differential Aptitude Test
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Learning Goal: 17-5: Describe how selection for international assignments differs from that for domestic assignments.
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Selection for International Assignments (2 of 2)
Personality characteristics
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Emotional stability
Conscientiousness
Openness
Global mind-set
Cultural agility
Cultural intelligence
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Learning Goal: 17-5: Describe how selection for international assignments differs from that for domestic assignments.
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Cross-Cultural Training (CCT)
Formal programs prepare persons of one culture to interact in another culture or to interact with persons from different cultures
Culture
Language
Practical day-to-day matters
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Learning Goal: 17-6: Specify key areas in which to focus expatriate training.
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Performance Management (1 of 2)
Performance management
Evaluation and continuous improvement of an individual or team performance
Job descriptions congruent with organizational goals
Adequate training for raters and rates
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Learning Goal: 17-7: Identify key components of an effective performance management system for expatriates.
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Performance Management (2 of 2)
Measure behaviour and results at individual and collective levels
Focus on employee’s strengths
Allocate rewards meaningful to employees
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Learning Goal: 17-7: Identify key components of an effective performance management system for expatriates.
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Learning Goal: 17-7: Identify key components of an effective performance management system for expatriates.
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Repatriation (1 of 2)
Turnover
Unmet expectations
Feelings of being undervalued
Concerns about one’s career
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Learning Goal: 17-8: Suggest evidence-based actions that organizations can take to reduce turnover among repatriates.
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Repatriation (2 of 2)
Planning
Career management
Compensation
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Learning Goal: 17-8: Suggest evidence-based actions that organizations can take to reduce turnover among repatriates.
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Evidence-Based Implications for Practice
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Chapter 18
Organizational Responsibility and Ethical Issues in Talent Management
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Learning Goals (1 of 3)
18-1: Strategize the design and implementation of organizational responsibility initiatives.
18-2: Protect employee privacy and rights regarding the sharing of information.
18-3: Conduct legal and fair workplace investigations.
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Learning Goals (2 of 3)
18-4: Apply current ethical standards when implementing testing and evaluation programs.
18-5: Plan organizational research, recruit and select research participants, and protect their rights, based on current ethical guidelines and standards.
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Learning Goals (3 of 3)
18-6: Report research results so that they are not misrepresented or censored.
18-7: Implement strategies for addressing ethical dilemmas when conducting organizational research.
18-8: Issue research-based public policy statements with confidence.
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Organizational Responsibility (1 of 2)
Context-specific organizational actions and policies that take into account stakeholders’ expectations
The triple bottom line of economic, social, and environmental performance
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Learning Goal: 18-1: Strategize the design and implementation of organizational responsibility initiatives.
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Organizational Responsibility (2 of 2)
Twenty-first-century organizations
Increasingly difficult to hide information about policies and actions
Increasingly dependent on the global network of stakeholders who have expectations about the organization’s policies and actions
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Learning Goal: 18-1: Strategize the design and implementation of organizational responsibility initiatives.
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Organizational Responsibility: Benefits
The positive relationship between social and environmental performance and financial performance
Strength varies on how one operationalizes social and/or environmental performance and financial performance
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Learning Goal: 18-1: Strategize the design and implementation of organizational responsibility initiatives.
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Human Resources Management Research and Practice (1 of 2)
Strategic responsibility management
Creating a vision and values related to responsibility
Identifying expectations through dialogue with stakeholders and prioritizing them
Developing initiatives integrated with corporate strategy
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Learning Goal: 18-1: Strategize the design and implementation of organizational responsibility initiatives.
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Human Resources Management Research and Practice (2 of 2)
Strategic responsibility management
Raising internal awareness through employee training
Institutionalizing SRM by measuring and rewarding processes and results
Reporting on the status of dialogue and initiatives through yearly OR report
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Learning Goal: 18-1: Strategize the design and implementation of organizational responsibility initiatives.
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Employee Privacy (1 of 6)
Safeguarding employee privacy
Guidelines and policies on requests for various types of data
Inform employees of information-handling policies
Familiar with state and federal laws regarding privacy
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Learning Goal: 18-2: Protect employee privacy and rights regarding the sharing of information.
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Employee Privacy (2 of 6)
Safeguarding employee privacy
Policy employees or prospective employees cannot waive their rights to privacy
Policy any manager or nonmanager who violates privacy principles subject to discipline or termination
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Learning Goal: 18-2: Protect employee privacy and rights regarding the sharing of information.
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Employee Privacy (3 of 6)
Safeguarding employee privacy
Permit employees to authorize the disclosure of personal information and maintain personal information within the organization
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Learning Goal: 18-2: Protect employee privacy and rights regarding the sharing of information.
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Employee Privacy (4 of 6)
Fair information practice
Employers should periodically and systematically review HR recordkeeping practices
Employers should articulate, communicate, and implement fair information-practice policies
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Learning Goal: 18-3: Conduct legal and fair workplace investigations.
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Employee Privacy (5 of 6)
Employee searches
Careful balancing of employer’s right to manage its business and to implement reasonable work rules and standards against privacy rights and interests of employees
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Learning Goal: 18-3: Conduct legal and fair workplace investigations.
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Employee Privacy (6 of 6)
Employee workplace investigations
Electronic
Stationary
Moving
Undercover operatives
Investigative interviews
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Learning Goal: 18-3: Conduct legal and fair workplace investigations.
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Testing and Evaluation (1 of 4)
Academy of Management Code of Ethics
Human relations
Privacy and confidentiality
Public statements
Research and publication
Ascribing to the Code of Ethics
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Learning Goal: 18-4: Apply current ethical standards when implementing testing and evaluation programs.
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Testing and Evaluation (2 of 4)
Obligations to those who are evaluated
Guarding against invasion of privacy
Guaranteeing confidentiality
Obtaining employees’ and applicants’ informed consent before evaluation
Respecting employees’ right to know
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Learning Goal: 18-4: Apply current ethical standards when implementing testing and evaluation programs.
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Testing and Evaluation (3 of 4)
Obligations to those who are evaluated
Imposing time limitations on data
Minimizing erroneous acceptance and rejection decisions
Treating employees with respect and consideration
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Learning Goal: 18-4: Apply current ethical standards when implementing testing and evaluation programs.
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Testing and Evaluation (4 of 4)
Obligations to employers
Accurate expectations for evaluation procedures
High-quality information for HR decisions
Accuracy of decision-making procedures
Respecting employer’s proprietary rights
Interests of the employer with government regulations, profession, rights of those evaluated
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Learning Goal: 18-4: Apply current ethical standards when implementing testing and evaluation programs.
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Ethical Issues in Organization Research (1 of 8)
Research-planning stage
Competence to conduct research
Knowledge of ethical guidelines
The soundness of research design
Ethical acceptability of study
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Learning Goal: 18-5: Plan organizational research, recruit and select research participants, and protect their rights, based on current ethical guidelines and standards.
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Ethical Issues in Organization Research (2 of 8)
Recruiting and selecting research participants
Use volunteers in research to avoid coercion
Seek minorities to assist with research to help identify issues of concern to minority groups
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Learning Goal: 18-5: Plan organizational research, recruit and select research participants, and protect their rights, based on current ethical guidelines and standards.
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Ethical Issues in Organization Research (3 of 8)
Protecting research participants’ rights
Protect from harm
Right to informed consent
Right to privacy
Right to confidentiality
Right to protection from deception
Right to debriefing
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Learning Goal: 18-5: Plan organizational research, recruit and select research participants, and protect their rights, based on current ethical guidelines and standards.
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Ethical Issues in Organization Research (4 of 8)
Reporting research results
Misrepresentation of results
Censoring
Plagiarism
Authorship credit
Methodological transparency
Data sharing
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Learning Goal: 18-6: Report research results so that they are not misrepresented or censored.
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Ethical Issues in Organization Research (5 of 8)
Strategies for addressing ethical issues
Problems resolved through mutual collaboration and appeal to common goals
Role ambiguity
Role conflict
Ambiguous, or conflicting, norms
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Learning Goal: 18-7: Implement strategies for addressing ethical dilemmas when conducting organizational research.
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Ethical Issues in Organization Research (6 of 8)
Science, advocacy, and values
Distinguish between what has been observed under certain conditions and what is being advocated
Respect limitations of data obtained from a single study
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Learning Goal: 18-8: Issue research-based public policy statements with confidence.
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Ethical Issues in Organization Research (7 of 8)
Science, advocacy, and values
Avoid the use of success stories
Do not allow advocacy of certain techniques or organizational policies to masquerade as science
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Learning Goal: 18-8: Issue research-based public policy statements with confidence.
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Ethical Issues in Organization Research (8 of 8)
Science, advocacy, and values
Adoption of a broader model of values
Interest in and concern for the well-being of individual employees
Success based on broader societal concerns as a criterion
Incorporation of moral perspective into the field
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Learning Goal: 18-8: Issue research-based public policy statements with confidence.
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Evidence-Based Implications for Practice
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