An innovative management staffing system: a competency-based perspective

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This article evaluates multinational corporations' abilities to develop strategic orientation for their global human resource management systems. The authors provide a competency-based system with criteria to identify global manager candidates and combining a staffing practice of inpatriating foreign managers with the current practice of expatriating domestic managers.

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Hold the line: an examination of line vs. staff differences

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This article examines the impact of managerial behavior on the performance of companies in service-oriented industries. A survey of line and staff personnel assesses their weaknesses and strengths and suggests that line managers are more service-oriented than staff managers, but demonstrate weaker interpersonal skills and adaptability to change.

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Who's in charge? An empirical study of executive staffing practices in foreign subsidiaries

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Issues concerning the management staffing choices in the foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations are examined, focusing on the factors involved in deciding whether to staff with professionals in the foreign country or the country in which the multinational corporation is based.

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