Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- PART I HOW HARD CAN THIS BE?
- PART II HOW ORGANIZATIONS SET PAY STRUCTURE AND WHY
- PART III HOW PEOPLE ARE PAID CAN MEAN AS MUCH AS HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAID
- 9 Evaluating Performance, Incentives, and Incentive Pay
- 10 Stock and Stock Options
- 11 Pay Mix
- 12 International Compensation
- 13 Compensation in Nonprofit Organizations
- PART IV WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE MORE AND CONCLUDING COMMENTS
- Notes
- References
- Index
12 - International Compensation
from PART III - HOW PEOPLE ARE PAID CAN MEAN AS MUCH AS HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAID
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- PART I HOW HARD CAN THIS BE?
- PART II HOW ORGANIZATIONS SET PAY STRUCTURE AND WHY
- PART III HOW PEOPLE ARE PAID CAN MEAN AS MUCH AS HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAID
- 9 Evaluating Performance, Incentives, and Incentive Pay
- 10 Stock and Stock Options
- 11 Pay Mix
- 12 International Compensation
- 13 Compensation in Nonprofit Organizations
- PART IV WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE MORE AND CONCLUDING COMMENTS
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
International compensation is an interesting and complicated subject. This includes the pay of people from one country who take a one-time assignment overseas, those who work for a company that is based in another country, those who work for an international company but as workers move from country to country, and a host of other examples. This chapter discusses a number of issues important to paying employees internationally, including culture, institutional issues, and specific types of workers. We should keep in mind that these differences by country could also be true within organizations. When considering international pay, people sometimes lose sight of a company business strategy and compensation strategy. Focusing on international issues could inappropriately overshadow other important internal issues (Milkovich and Newman, 2008).
Culture
Culture is fundamental to the issue of international compensation. Many discussions of culture with respect to international compensation start with Hofstede's (1980) big four issues: (1) power distance, (2) uncertainty avoidance, (3) individualism versus collectivism, and (4) masculinity versus femininity. Each of the four is considered more carefully here. Marin (2008) offers a clear outline on which some of the following country examples are based.
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- PayWhy People Earn What They Earn and What You Can Do Now to Make More, pp. 141 - 151Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012