Using an instructional systems development approach, ways to prepare the host country workforce for the assignment of an expatriate manager are discussed. The model is based on a number of perspectives: exchange theory, participatory management, corporate social responsibility, communication theory, and strategic human resource planning. (SK)

Diversity of environment and cultural background and geographic separation pose challenges for evaluating overseas personnel. An evaluation process for home, host, and third-country workers should consider position characteristics, external/internal environments, rater/ratee characteristics, and qualitative and quantitative criteria, having…