Expatriates Case Study

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An expatriate is a person working in a country other than his or her nation of origin (Noe, 2013). Expatriate employment has become part and parcel of Multi-National Corporation (MNC) business organizations as a way to improve their Human Resource (HR) to international standards level (Osman- Gani & Tan, 2005, 2009; Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart & Wright, 2006). Expatriates are referred to as employees who work in foreign locations with the approval of the laws of the particular countries (Richardson & McKenna, 2002). Globalization of businesses has caused international migration of labor in multinational corporations depending on labor situation of the host country (Takeuchi, Tesluk, Yun, & Lepak, 2005; Carpenter, Sanders, & Gregersen, 2001; Pires, …show more content…

As long with the domestic highway operator/services, PLUS also responsible to operate international highway which is Cikampek-Palimanan Toll Road by PLUS PT Lintas Marga Sedaya (LMS) in Indonesia. It was establish in 2006. Other than that, also in Indonesia, by PLUS PT Cimanggis-Cibitung Tollways (CCTW), they operate Cimanggis-Cibitung Toll Road in 2007. Inclined to be an industrialized nation, Malaysia has enhanced and increasingly expanded its markets towards globalization of its goods and services. Malaysia is one of the South East Asian countries that has been at the forefront of international trade with many multinational companies all over Asia and other parts of the world. The international presence has boosted employment of Malaysians as expatriates in various subsidiaries where they are located in order to gain international business skills. These multinational companies employ competent, experienced and qualified Malaysians to work as expatriates in their foreign subsidiaries or work for other companies abroad.
The PLUS Expressways or PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PMB) or known as Projek Lebuhraya Usaha Sama Berhad (PLUS) (formerly Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (PLUS) is the largest highway concessionnaires or build–operate–transfer (BOT) operator company in Malaysia. The company is also the largest listed toll expressway operator in Southeast Asia, Asia, and the eighth largest in the world. It is a member of the UEM

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