Using an instructional systems development approach, ways to prepare the host country workforce for the assignment of an expatriate manager are discussed. The model is based on a number of perspectives: exchange theory, participatory management, corporate social responsibility, communication theory, and strategic human resource planning. (SK)

A Training survey revealed that 77 percent of the companies surveyed who regularly station employees overseas provide some kind of special training for those employees, but most of the training is simply rudimentary opportunities to learn some of the language and the culture of the country visited. (Author/AG)

Many problems arise when Americans work overseas. Transcultural training works to alleviate many of these problems related to working overseas by: changing basic attitudes, teaching skills, and building a positive mental set toward the transfer-environment. (DS)