Expatriates, a specific target group perspective
We already know that to make IHRM practices more proactive and globally strategic,
a fully integrated global business partner finding and developing talent on a global
basis is necessary. Here PM is a suitable instrument and practice. If the workforce is
employed in a company under foreign control, the MNCs are important shapers of an
institutional context. Here the HQ/subsidiary relationship and culture and norms in the
different countries will be of importance to the expatriates’ contributions.