Expatriates in their own home: A new twist in the human resource management strategies of japanese mncs
研究了日本跨国公司一种新兴的人员配置策略：雇佣非日本籍员工在总部工作三四年后，将其派回母国担任外派联络职位，并分析了该策略的利弊及对国际人力资源管理的启示。
Abstract Liaison positions in an overseas subsidiary represent a vital link to the parent company. Staffing this position constitutes a critical HRM decision. Based on exploratory interviews conducted with personnel managers and foreign employees, we examine an emerging approach to meeting this staffing need which entails hiring non‐Japanese as employees of the parent company, retaining them at headquarters in Japan for three to four years, then assigning them back to their own countries as expatriates. We discuss this approach's underlying rationale, its advantages and disadvantages, and its potential implications for future IHRM developments within Japanese MNCs.