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…

Analysis of responses from 132 expatriates in Fortune 500 companies showed a direct positive relationship between their job satisfaction and the organization's performance. The relationship varies depending on the company's level of experience in a country and degree of internationalization. Expatriates' sharing of their learning experiences…

A survey of 70 U.S. expatriate workers found that most learned the culture of their host country through reflective learning. Factors helping their adjustment included previous cross-cultural experience, language competence, long-term relationship with hosts, and information about the host country from both home and host sources. (Contains 29…

This study is one of a series of 15 which comprises a comprehensive report on the supply of secondary level teachers in English-speaking Africa. Each is focused on the problem of determining the likely demand for overseas personnel for staffing secondary level institutions through 1975, and each attempts to analyze the problem of teacher supply…

Although international work may not be for everyone, there are many overseas opportunities for those who are willing to understand the requirements and make the necessary commitment. (JOW)

Describes a program in cross cultural training for the American businessman about to go on foreign assignment which should increase employee effectiveness when serving outside one's own country or when working with minority groups within the United States." (Author/DR)