The role of human resources in protecting expatriates: insights from the international aid and development sector

Fee, A; McGrath-Champ, S

The role of human resources in protecting expatriates: insights from the international aid and development sector

Fee, A

McGrath-Champ, S

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Citation:: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2017, 28 (14), pp. 1960 - 1985
Issue Date:: 2017-08-06

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dc.contributor.author	Fee, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0598-0776	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McGrath-Champ, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-08-06	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2017, 28 (14), pp. 1960 - 1985	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0958-5192	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41462
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Multinational organisations of all kinds face growing challenges to ensure that their international operations and staff are safe from threat of physical and psychological danger. This is particularly acute in the international aid and development sector, where expatriate field staff are both valuable and vulnerable, and where organisations often confront limited infrastructure and financial resources. This paper reports an empirical study exploring the ways in which 10 international non-government organisations from 5 nations (USA, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Australia), all with substantial experience operating in high-risk contexts, manage the safety and security of their expatriate staff. Our results unearth four areas where these organisations seek to build in-house competence, centred on culture building, and supported by a suite of human resource practices relating to people services, information services and communication services. These competencies coalesce around an overarching philosophy towards safety and security that we describe as ‘personal responsibility and empowerment’.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Human Resource Management	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/09585192.2015.1137617	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.title	The role of human resources in protecting expatriates: insights from the international aid and development sector	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Multinational organisations of all kinds face growing challenges to ensure that their international operations and staff are safe from threat of physical and psychological danger. This is particularly acute in the international aid and development sector, where expatriate field staff are both valuable and vulnerable, and where organisations often confront limited infrastructure and financial resources. This paper reports an empirical study exploring the ways in which 10 international non-government organisations from 5 nations (USA, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Australia), all with substantial experience operating in high-risk contexts, manage the safety and security of their expatriate staff. Our results unearth four areas where these organisations seek to build in-house competence, centred on culture building, and supported by a suite of human resource practices relating to people services, information services and communication services. These competencies coalesce around an overarching philosophy towards safety and security that we describe as ‘personal responsibility and empowerment’.

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