International HRM -- Women on International HRM assignments
International HRM has gained a lot of importance in the last few years, thanks to globalization and the opening up of many economies. It is more complex than domestic HRM and this can be attributed to six factors, namely, the increased number of activities such as taxation, relocation and orientation; need for a broader understanding and perspective of different nations, the higher role of HR managers in the personal lives of employees to ensure they are happy and satisfied, dealing with the cultural changes of a diverse workforce, higher risk and extensive influence of factors that are beyond the control of HR managers (Dowling, Festing & Engle, 2008).
In the context of such a situation, international assignments have assumed greater importance and more people are traveling to foreign countries as a part of their job. A closer analysis of international assignments would show that more men than women are willing to take on international assignments due to personal and organizational reasons and this paper aims to examine the different reasons why women HR managers are not traveling on international assignments.
Women on International Assignments
The globalization of businesses has erased physical boundaries and has encouraged the free flow of resources from one part of the world to another. There is a large movement of HR professionals within and outside organizations as a part of this concept of "boundaryless career." More HR people are willing to take on international assignments to enhance their prospects of moving up the career and also to learn the skills and techniques that will help them to be successful in a global environment.
Despite these career aspirations, the number of women take up international HRM assignments continue to be low. A study shows that women represent a mere 18% of international assignments by U.S. companies and these numbers are at 9% for Europe and 6% in Australia. These numbers are contrasting when the percentage of women in HR middle management in the U.S., Europe and Australia is between 30 and 45% (Stahl & Bjorkman, 2006).
The earlier assumption is that women were inefficient when sent on an international assignments. However,...
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