An expatriate refers to an individual who is not a citizen of the country they work in. They live in that country temporarily and mainly for work purposes. A U.S. expatriate refers to a person working in the U.S. but the US is not the country they are currently working in. Expatriates are also known as Parent-Country Nationals (Ahlstrom and Bruton, 2010). Local nationals, on the other hand, refer to workers who are employed to work in their home country. Local nationals are also referred to as host country nationals. A local national hiring program is intended to create employment for the host country citizens. Most employees in the US are either a salaried while others are wage earners. An employer has control over the duties their employee …show more content…
These include the geographic location of the company, the level and position the expatriate will hold as well as the company offering the expatriate post. The benefits are intended to offer a comfortable stay in the host country as the expatriate conducts the assignment. We shall analyze the benefits the expatriates enjoy that are not enjoyed by local nationals. All relocation expenses to the host country are catered for. These include the visas, flight costs, work and residence permits, as well as pocket money. The employer caters for all the clearance and taxes in the host country. The local nationals, on the other hand, do not enjoy full relocation benefits. Transferring from one branch to another in the same country, they are only accorded a transfer allowance. The employer does not pay for their hotels or housing till they get permanent residence, as would be the case with expatriates. Expatriates enjoy an annual, monthly, or quarterly sum as their housing allowance (Aquinas, 2010). The allowance is adjusted to offer a home in a good safe environment at the cost of the employer. Local nationals do not enjoy housing allowance. They normally arrange for their work and residence permits. Most of them are skilled and semi-skilled workers and the employer may not even know where they live. Expatriates normally receive an education allowance to cater for school fees for their kids. The children may attend any school according to the expatriate’s preference. A maximum amount of a specific age is set per child. Local nationals do not enjoy this benefit at all. Through the salary they receive, they are supposed to make ends meets and use it to cater to their children's fees. Expatriates enjoy an automobile allowance. This includes a company lease vehicle, or an allowance to purchase a local car, insurance cover, and or a local driver. Local nationals may only enjoy this benefit if they hold high
“Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work” -Florence Nightingale. There are millions of careers in the world, and everyone has the ability to do whatever their heart desires. If there is an individual who is serious, defensive, and loves to argue, everyone would say they would be a good lawyer. It all depends on what you are good at, and what you would enjoy doing for the rest of your life. A career in nursing would be beneficial because the wage is pretty nice, one could travel for free, and an individual could help people out.
When a baby is born, he/she comes into this world eager to learn. Always taking in information and absorbing it like a new computer. Every experience he/she encounters could possibly stick in that baby’s mind. However, some of the things that a child hears or perceives can either benefit or corrupt their learning. Teaching a child a second language has the same concept as putting in new software in a computer. Many advantages come with a safe and powerful computer and the same would come with knowing a second language. If a child was not taught a second language in their early years, that child might be at a disadvantage in their future, and as that child grows up not knowing a second language could potentially hold him/her back with grades and obtaining a job. Knowing a second language can benefit from those things and can also help with keeping strong ties with their family, culture, community, and even music.
In staging reality, setting is critical for both Chad and Undine’s performances. In expatriate fiction, Europe is associated with more freedom than Puritanical America and is used as a medium for performers to present and explore both themselves and cultural and social differences between their home in America and abroad. In Going Abroad, William Stowe suggests that Europe is a space in which higher class and non-essential laborers can “prepare for or advance their careers” (Stowe 7). As a continent with a vast collection of cultural goods, Europe conflicts with the barren American landscape. Acquiring a “Europeanized” persona helps Undine and Chad to gain experience that they employ at home, and cultural accumulation provides an advantage
Expatriate (p. 478): A person who “removes (oneself) from residence in one 's native land” (Free Dictionary).
Temporary visas allow the worker to be legally authorized to work, but only for a certain time frame and with a specific employer (Facts About Immigration, n.d.). However, workers who obtain the “employment based” visa, are eligible for permanent residence and more than likely a U.S. citizen employer will need to petition for the visa (Facts About Immigration, n.d.). Immigrants who posses the employment-based visa is able to receive citizenship after they have maintained a legal permanent residency for 5 years in the U.S. and meeting other criteria’s (Facts About Immigration,
The document is divided as follows: in the first section we present some literature about the effects of remittances in the macro-level and micro-level; then, we review some migration facts of the region paying attention to the different profiles of the recipients in order to get a better understanding of Latin American migration flows towards develop...
“Immigration is the term utilized to describe the action and process by which a citizen of one country relocates to another country after petitioning for residency into that country.” (Martinez). An immigrant, also known as an alien, is person or people who come from a foreign country. Aliens are broken down into two main categories: the legal aliens and the illegal aliens. But what are the differences between the two? Legal aliens owe allegiance to the country. In America, aliens have the opportunity of becoming legal by either having a green card or becoming an American citizen and having dual citizenship. Green cards holders are permanent residents who have been authorized to live and work in the U.S. legally but they are not American citizens. To become a citizen, you must be legal, know fluent English, have a clean record, and go th...
Lee, H. W. (2005). The factors influencing expatriates. The Journal of American Academy of Business, 273-278.
Since the founding of the U.S. more than 200 years ago, people have come here from every
Having had to move to America with little knowledge of the American language, and few credentials and connections, building a new life for our family in America has easily been on the most daunting hardships of my parents' lives. The obstacles they have overcome in their journey from Greece, and having to start from nothing, constantly serves as my motivation to strive for academic success in hopes that I can one day ease the burden on them. Unfortunately for me, this path will most likely involve attending a university, whose yearly overall cost rivals the annual income of my parents. This, along with the fact that my sister is currently enrolled in college, and will continue to be so for at least another year only makes our financial situation
International businesses are also finding new ways of increasing diversity abroad. Instead of using expatriate employees as management, they are starting to hire locals. Companies that operate abroad are realizing that using expatriate employees is not a permanent solution. They are often expensive, and are not capable of translating their skills into the new environment. In a company that operates globally, it is important that the company knows how to relate to the local markets, and a great way to do this is by hiring local talent. Hiring locally is cheaper, there is not a language barrier, and they are accustomed to the business environment in the area(5). They can also help the business by providing a new perspective into international markets, and offer ways that the company can improve their diversity abroa...
Haile, S., & Williams, D. (2011). Factors that influence expatriate compensation problems. Academy Of Business Research Journal, 125-32.
Employment opportunities are the way for highly educated immigrants for their better career. According to Glennie & Chappell (2010), employment opportunities always give to well qualified migrants according to their faculty. Preference always goes to skilled immigrants. Host country gives the employment to students at a better level of education as compared to already qualified. For instance, according to a SAMP survey on students which is occur in Southern Africa illustrates that students who have job they already far away from employment opportunities as compared to Lesotho and Namibia is students. Moreover, professional development is very beneficial for immigrants they can get extraordinary opportunities and access the latest technology and other innovative sources regarding to their field. According to Glennie & Chappell (2010), in overseas countries most of the immigrants who have a job they can access to professional growth opportunities as well as better training and different participations. Immigrants can attain more money by working host country and it is helpful for them to make further steps in terms of career. In addition to it, better standard of living also a part of immigration to immigrants they can access convenient facilities, 24&7 electricity, water system and transportation system. According to Dogra (2011), in
In the present day organisations are expanding their operations to different countries of the world. They therefore need people to work there “expatriates”. Once the international assignment is completed, the expatriates have got to go back home, the process of repatriation begins. Even though most expatriates and managers presuppose that the repatriation process will be easy seeing as the employee is just returning home, research has substantiated that this is a tricky process. There is indication that it could be more difficult to adjust to the home environment as opposed to adjusting to life in a foreign nation. Therefore, repatriation process ought to be considered keenly (Baruch et al 2002).
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