 Expatriate compensation in historical perspectiveCalvin Reynolds Journal of World Business, 1997, vol. 32, issue 2, 118-132 Abstract: In 1970, over 80% of the time of international personnel professionals in United States-based multinationals was spent on the management of expatriate assignments. Over 70% was devoted to expatriate compensation (National Foreign Trade Council, 1970). In 1992, the proportion of time devoted to expatriate compensation and benefits by headquarters international human resources staffs was still a striking 54% (Reynolds, 1992). Today, HR involvement in expatriate compensation remains very high, but ten percent of U.S.-based companies have outsourced the function and another nine percent are considering doing so (Windham International/National Foreign Trade Council, 1996). This article will discuss briefly why expatriate compensation has been such an all consuming subject for international human resources professionals, trace the development of the most common compensation methodologies, assess the current state of the field, and suggest some strategies for the future. Date: 1997 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:worbus:v:32:y:1997:i:2:p:118-132 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of World Business is currently edited by David Collings and Jonathan Doh More articles in Journal of World Business from Elsevier |
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