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A Project report
Mr.Anuj Heer
Submitted by
Anitika katoch,
This to certify that I Anitika Katoch have carried out the research proposal embodied in the
present project report for the partial fulfillment of the degree of Master in Business
Administration as per the ordinances of Himachal Pradesh Technical University. I declare to the
best of my knowledge that no part of this project report was earlier submitted for the award of
Master in Business Administration and other research degree of any University.
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Name: Anitika Katoch
URN: 51MB5013510
STUDENT DECLARATION
I Anitika Katoch, hereby declare that the project work titled Impact of Cross-Cultural
Training for Employees of various organization have been done by me under the guidance of
Mr. ANUJ HEER, faculty of Himachal Pradesh Technical University Business School Rajiv
Gandhi Government Engineering College Kangra Campus at Nagrota Bagwan .
This report is submitted as part of my MBA final year project and contains the most relevant
information which I have collected. It is my individual work and has not been submitted fully or
partially for the award of any other degree, diploma, and title or recognition earlier.
Date:
ABSTRACT:
There is a strong relationship between work related attitudes and culturally derived values
which has been a tradition in cross- cultural research with the most notable work conducted by
Hofstede (1980).The special cognition and behaviors that the workers develop are highly
influenced by their deeply held cultural values .It is also explored through this research that
situational variables like previous work experience, employees daily work experience,
interaction with people of other cultures etc. have an influence on their work related attitudes.
(Bennett, R.H (1999). Research was conducted on a sample of 15 Indian expatriates who have
been working in the Foreign. Situational variables were shown to strongly influence the attitudes
towards work. Suggestions for cross cultural training prior to arrival are also offered.
The increase in the number of expatriate failures have raised concerns among researchers
regarding the practices and methods followed by companies to retain their expatriates. (Tung,
1982; Landis and Bhagat, 1996). It therefore remains a challenge for MNCs to assure that the
foreign assignments are successful and these assignments must provide adequate career
opportunities. A lot of research has been done in order to identify the factors that cause failures.
Expatriate failures due to adjustment problems also have serious impact on the overall
productivity and performance of the firm. (Shaffer and Harrison, 1998; Selmer, 2001).
Due to the fact that globalization spreads rapidly around the world, companies are becoming
more and more internationalized. This fact entitles employees at any level to sometimes work for
a few years at foreign divisions, as expatriates. There are several advantages of staffing
expatriates. However, there are many drawbacks and difficulties with expatriation and therefore
companies should assist the expatriates in their new environments (Breiden, O 2002).
Differences in national and individual cultures also require the expatriates to adjust to their work
place. The literature review was framed with the research questions which further helped to
realize what data has to be collected. The results derived can help to understand the issues faced
by Indian expatriates due to work adjustment problems and can help in formulating appropriate
strategies to further help the Indian expatriates and other human resource professionals and
Keywords: Expatriates, adjustment, cross cultural training, host country, culture, and research.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am ineffably indebted to College HOD Dr. Puneet Sood for conscientious guidance and
encouragement to accomplish this assignment.
I extend my sincere thanks to Mr.Anuj Heer for his cooperation and valuable suggestions to
initiate the study.
I extend my gratitude to RGGEC HPTU Business School,Nagrota Bagwan for giving me this
opportunity.
On a personal note I would like to thank all my batch mates for their support.
Any omission in this brief acknowledgement does not mean lack of gratitude.
Abstract
Acknowledgement
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.2.1 Meaning 2
1.2.2 Definition 3
1.2.3 Model of Cross Cultural Cycle 3-4
1.2.4 Training Strategies 4-6
2 Review Of Existing Literature 7-10
2.1 Introduction 7
2.2 Review of Literature 8-9
2.3 Research Gap 10
3 Research Methodology 11-13
3.1 Introduction 11
3.2 Scope of the Study 11
3.3 Objective of the Study 11
3.4 Sampling 12
3.5 Type of Research 12
3.6 Collection of Data 12-13
3.7 Tool used for Analysis 13
4 Data Analyses and Interpretation
4.1 Introduction
Limitations of the Study
Suggestions
Scope for Future Research
Bibliography
Appendices
Appendix-A
Appendix-B
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF CHARTS