Repatriation Management and Competency Transfer in a Culturally Dynamic World

This book examines the relevance of global strategic perspective, as international competition continues to intensify & gain momentum, and management of human resource remains  a challenge in contemporary corporate scenario. As global business strategy requires globally competent people and implementation of global human resource systems, therefore the need to harness the multi-faceted dimensions of corporate employees is elaborated upon. This book explores cross cultural movement & interactions in International human resource management, where the theme of cross-cultural reentry remains largely neglected and underestimated in the sojourner's transition trajectory. This book takes into account the available empirical investigations pointing to substantial concerns, affecting the psychological wellbeing, social readjustment and cultural identity of the returning individuals. This book examines the significance of re-entry as an issue of highest priority to both sojourning individuals as well as people managing the reentry transitions of travelers. In light of the unfolding knowledge revolution, the book explores the context of corporate India offering high knowledge density and rich demographic dividend. The need for companies, to harness the knowledge capital and accelerate Indians in the knowledge revolution is examined. Various factors that can influence the repatriation of an individual when back in the home country, and the challenges faced in repatriation at the individual-, team-, organizational-, and country-levels, is explored & analyzed. This book focuses on eliminating overall wastage and losses in Repatriation process, from an organizational point of view.
The purview of this book encompasses the interface of Anticipatory Adjustment, Competency Transfer, Effective Repatriation and Reverse Culture Shock with Repatriates' Adjustment, back home, and empirically analyzes the precursors and effects of the said paradigms in optimization of Repatriate talent from an organizational perspective. The purpose is to analyze the antecedents of repatriate adjustment in the mentioned context and to subsequently deliberate upon the acquired results to arrive at feasible and relevant conclusions. Optimization of Repatriate talent, and Repatriation Management from International Human Resource Management (IHRM) perspective, deserves a cross-disciplinary study of precursors effecting Repatriation Adjustment, with focus on the dimension of Indian Repatriate acculturation.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Review of Literature.- Chapter 3. Sectored Profile and Precursors Effecting Repatriation Adjustment.- Chapter 4. Research Design & Methodology.- Chapter 5. Data Analysis And Interpretation.- Chapter 6. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations.- References.- Bibliography.- Annexures.

About the author

¿Dr Manmeet Bali Nag is currently working as an Associate Professor, Dept. of Management & Commerce, School of Management & Humanities, Manav Rachna University, Faridabad. She is an experienced professional with a diverse experience; which includes academics, research, training, organization building, creative writing & authorship.  In her academic career stint, she has taught MBA, MBE, B.Tech & Behavioural Sciences scholars, at various institutes, including KIIT & Nirma University, Ahmadabad. She has been on the editorial team of Wiley group of publishers at Thompson press.

Her broad areas of teaching include Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship, Business Communication, Organizational Behavior & Economics. Besides her academic & journalistic pursuits, she harnesses her skills towards mentoring & co-ordinating the niche area of "Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Family Business" as Innovation Ambassador of IIC MHRD. She has published articles,monographs, book chapters & papers in various national and international journals including Taylor & Francis, Springer & Q1 Category Journals etc. Her focus areas are Human resource dynamics & management, Gender & Diversity, Repatriation Management, ICT in Higher Education, Emerging trends in Business Culture & Cross Cultural Management. She is credited with an ICSSR Funded Project on Elderly care framework. She writes extensively on geo-politics, gender dynamics & current affairs; and has several journalistic articles to her credit. She's is an avid blogger & co-ordinator of "Centre for Peace & Sustainability" at Manav Rachna University. 

Dr. Firdous Ahmad Malik, an Indian citizen by birth, Presently working as a Senior Research Associate at Jindal Center for Global South, O.P. Jindal Global University Sonipat Haryana. He has Graduated Ph.D. from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow, India. He holds an MPhil degree in Economics from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow and a Master's degree in Economics from Kashmir University. His research area of interest is Microfinance, financial inclusion, and financial literacy. He has published papers in springer, Elsevier, Taylor Francis, and other Scopus indexed journals. He has published his latest book with a springer, "financial inclusion Schemes in India" His Second book is published by notion press on "Financial Behaviour of Urban Destitues in India" His Third Book is Published by Booksclinic on "Asymmetry of Information and Lending Risk Livelihood Pattern of Street Vendors in India" and shineeks publish his Fourth coming Book on "Health System in Jammu and Kashmir Challenges and Opportunities."

Specialization: Microfinance, Development Economics, Monetary Economics, Public Finance, Inclusive Education.

Product details

• Authors: Firdous Ahmad Malik, Manmeet Bali Nag
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9789811973529
• ISBN: 978-981-1973-52-9
• No. of pages: 173
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 11 mm x 235 mm
• Illustrations: XXIV, 173 p. 7 illus., 3 illus. in color.
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration