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Week 2 Discussion Discuss the characteristics of each global HRM staffing model. Conclude by stating which global staffing model you think might be most effective and why. Discuss with a specific country example how the culture, legal structure and economics might influence global HRM. Support your answer with evidence form the text and at least one credible external source. As stated on Culture Crossings’ home page, “The rest of the world just isn’t as far away as it used to be. Money, information and people are flowing across international boundaries.” One way for HRM to succeed internationally is to develop a systemic strategy and adopt global staffing approaches that help in the process of hiring employees or expatriates. The three staffing models are ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric. Ethnocentric staffing involves staffing the most important positions in foreign subsidiaries with expatriates from the company's home country. Expatriates are often believed to better represent the interests of the home office and ensure that the foreign offices are aligned with home headquarters. Polycentric staffing is when a company hires host-country nationals for positions in the company. Polycentric staffing is particularly viable in developed countries where highly educated and trained employees can be easily located. Geocentric staffing approach to recruitment is hiring the best people to fill positions without regard to where they come from or where they live. While adopting one of the staffing models may help an organization’s international success, there are other challenges that must be considered. Culture, economic development and legal systems influence an organization’s operations and may force it to customize its hiring, firing, training, and compensation programs on a country-by-country basis. The example in Chapter 3 of the text of an American woman working in Saudi Arabia is a great example of a challenge an organization may have when employing an employee hired using the ethnocentric staffing model. In Saudi Arabia, firm doing business in that country has to balance its own affirmative action efforts with the legal and cultural restrictions imposed by that country. This of course may influence high qualifying women to deny an offer of employment or position consideration altogether. Even though Saudi Arabia highly restricts women’s career opportunities, it is possible for foreign women to find temporary work in fields like healthcare, teaching, or real estate. Nonetheless, it is my opinion that one of the other staffing models may be better suited in this country. I believe an organization needs to consider all challenges: culture, levels of economic development, and legal systems that characterize the countries where the firm operates. In doing so, this will determine what staffing model to adopt. There as, I believe that all three staffing methods to be effective depending on the organization, its consumer/market and challenges.
References Global Staffing Approaches: Ethnocentric, Regiocentric, Polycentric, and Geocentric. (2014, June 20). Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/global-staffing-approaches-ethnocentric- regiocentric-polycentric-and-geocentric.html . Working and getting a job in Saudi Arabia . InterNations. (2022, June 9). Retrieved November 9, 2022, from https://www.internations.org/saudi-arabia-expats/guide/working-short
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