4. Why is a greater degree of involvement in employees’ personal lives inevitable in many IHRM activities?
Answer In the domestic setting, the HR department’s involvement in the employees’ personal lives is very limited. IN the international setting, the HR has greater involvement in order to provide the level of support required. The HR department needs to know more about the employees’ personal lives including their marital status and number of children. The degree of involvement in many IHRM activities is greater because the HR department must ensure that the international assignee understand the different aspect of his relocation and must make sure that he is working in a conducive environment as well as his family is well taken cared of.
For example in the domestic setting, the HR department has little involvement in the family affairs of the employee. If the employee is sent to another country like in China, the HR department needs to make sure that the children are sent to quality schools and that the living conditions of the expatriate and his family is high.