In global staffing, there are three unique strategies that human resource management professionals consider. These include home-country national strategy, host-country national strategy, and the third-country national strategy. One of the major factors considered by all organizations is the cost of hiring employees. The objective of this paper is to study the above-named strategies with their advantages and disadvantages.
Home-Country National Strategy, Advantages and Disadvantages In this strategy, the employees are hired to work and allowed to live in the country in which the global organization operates. The employees, in this case, come from the country that owns and runs the company. There are phases that such employees go through before settling. First is the elation phase that is characterized by excitement due to the new environment. Then follows the resistance phase where the employee is always comparing the life and culture of his/her home and host country. According to Mello (2011), the third phase is adaption where the employee starts to understand the language of the new country. Some even begin to reject their native culture. The last stage is the biculturalism phase …show more content…
The main reason why this method is used is the ability of employees to transfer corporate technology and represent the organization's interest. One advantage of employees with diverse skills and business cultures is their ability to support each other leading to overall improvement in the organization’s performance. This method is sometimes cheaper than when applying the home-country national strategy. However, the disadvantage is that local workers may get de-motivated when people from other countries join them and may also see foreigners as a threat. Furthermore, the local government and supportive businesses may express displeasure in hiring third-country
Home-Country National Strategy, Advantages and Disadvantages In this strategy, the employees are hired to work and allowed to live in the country in which the global organization operates. The employees, in this case, come from the country that owns and runs the company. There are phases that such employees go through before settling. First is the elation phase that is characterized by excitement due to the new environment. Then follows the resistance phase where the employee is always comparing the life and culture of his/her home and host country. According to Mello (2011), the third phase is adaption where the employee starts to understand the language of the new country. Some even begin to reject their native culture. The last stage is the biculturalism phase …show more content…
The main reason why this method is used is the ability of employees to transfer corporate technology and represent the organization's interest. One advantage of employees with diverse skills and business cultures is their ability to support each other leading to overall improvement in the organization’s performance. This method is sometimes cheaper than when applying the home-country national strategy. However, the disadvantage is that local workers may get de-motivated when people from other countries join them and may also see foreigners as a threat. Furthermore, the local government and supportive businesses may express displeasure in hiring third-country