There are many ways in which a company can ease a foreign executive's transition from a foreign assignment to a United States headquarters job. Assistance in housing, accommodations, compensation, taxes, and home office atmosphere are just a few areas in which the company can help. (Author)

Based on his own experiences, the author describes the difficulties of teaching in a foreign country: living conditions, school environment, and contracts, especially in private schools. For the undissuaded, he provides suggestions and addresses for applying for such positions. (SJL)

Examines the frontier spirit of Japan in its "commercial colonies," where Japanese citizens struggle in their own communities around the world to provide outlets for Japan's enormous production of goods and to secure raw materials for their burgeoning industrial establishment. Also evaluates textbooks to see how the frontier theme has…

Professional opportunities in health education are plentiful within the Department of Defense Dependent School System. (MB)

Reported in this paper are the observations and beliefs of educators in England, Scotland, and the Republic of Ireland pertaining to the performance of U.S. student teachers in the schools of these nations. Recommendations to student participants and U.S. teacher educators for the improvement of overseas teaching experiences are made. (Author/MT)

Peace Corps volunteers and Missionary Orientation Center graduates were surveyed to discover where training for overseas work was strongest and where weakest. Respondents urged more emphasis on human relations skills, citing those and ability to understand other cultures and adapt to strange environment as most important to Americans working…

Advice for the educator planning sabbaticals in other lands and cultures. (Author)

Proposes a conceptual framework for considering the development of human resources in an overseas context. This approach is termed "transfer of technology." Its objective is to encourage companies operating overseas which are responsible for developing client human resources to look at the process from a perspective other than just…

Interviews former participants in Christopher Newport University's overseas internship program for student teachers. Notes a long-term, positive impact on the novice teachers. Finds that the teachers increased their sensitivity to and empathy for students from other cultures and of different language backgrounds. (RS)

To manage a company's overseas operations effectively, a human resources manager needs a basic understanding of the three types of employees that will work in the facilities: (1) local nationals; (2) third-country nationals; and (3) U.S. foreign service employees. (JOW)

Data from Australian consultants working in the South Pacific, their Pacific clients, and a group of Asian clients and consultants found differences in the qualities thought necessary for effective consultants. Cultural sensitivity was most important; technical expertise and interpersonal and teaching skills ranked next. Home country success was…

Surveyed 157 business students to determine how they viewed possibility of working overseas. Results showed that accepting a work assignment in a foreign country may depend on how "far" (economically, geographically, and culturally) that nation is from the United States. Most reasons advanced for preferring one country over another were…

By looking at four cases, this report demonstrates how intercompetence can pervade and damage the effectiveness of many aspects of English language teaching (ELT) work. Intercompetence can be decreased if management strategies are introduced that provide opportunities for learning about new working situations. These strategies should capitalize on…

Managers working in different cultures need such skills as empathy, flexibility, acceptance of relativity, and tolerance of ambiguity. A business administration curriculum based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator seeks to raise awareness of cultural differences, develop students' cultural "antennae," and improve cross-cultural…