INPATRIATES (HCNs OR TCNs) AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS BETWEEN THE HEADQUARTERS AND THE SUBSIDIARIES OF MNCs

Abstract

Human resources management and in particular international assignments have become a critical issue in the process of decision making in multinational companies, through which they can build and sustain competitive advantages. Inpatriates (or host and/or third country nationals transferred for a period of time at the headquarters of the MNC) in particular represent one of the alternatives of international assignments, which however hasn’t been studied before in the Albanian human resource management literature. Taking this into consideration as well as the fact that they are now being considered a very important asset to MNCs, this paper aims to provide a general outline of the concept of inpatriation, the role played by such transferees, the determinants of their success and suggest some human resources practices that can raise their chances to succeed.