Hernández-Martínez, María G.

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    ¿Son los adiestramientos transculturales indicadores del éxito o fracaso para la adaptación de los expatriados?
    (2010) Hernández-Martínez, María G.; Frontera-Agenjo, José A.; College of Business Administration; Ortiz Rodríguez, Rosario de los A.; Ramírez Seda, Salvador; Department of Business Administration; González Cruz, Michael
    This investigation presents a critical and comparative analysis of the different types of transcultural training offered by four companies in Puerto Rico, when employees and their families are sent abroad. The organizations under study were: Cordis LLC., Microsoft, Integra Neurosciences, and Caribbean Forms Manufacturer. The main purpose was to define if the Human Resources Department of each organization identifies the need to develop and provide transcultural training to the expatriate and their family, to ensure the international assignment’s success. For this reason, several expatriates of those organizations were interviewed as well as the Human Resources Managers. According to the obtained results, the majority of the Human Resources Managers thinks the transcultural trainings, not only reduce the international assignment’s failure, but also facilitate the expatriates and their family’s adaptability to the new culture. However, just two of the companies under study develop and provide transcultural training to their expatriates before the international assignment begins. Regardless the expatriate received or not transcultural training, all the employees were successful in their international assignments. This might be a product of different factors, such as the cultural differences between the local country and the host country. In general, it can be inferred that the vast majority of the organizations in Puerto Rico utilizes the international assignments in a very limited way. Those companies that do utilize them as a strategy or competitive advantage do not have structured training systems to ensure and warranty the expatriates and their family’s adaptation to the new culture.