The bi-cultural option for global talent management: The Japanese/Brazilian Nikkeijin example

This paper reports on an important subgroup of international boundary-spanners – immigrants and second or third generation migrants from the MNC's home country living in the subsidiary host country. We take as our example the Nikkeijin (Japanese immigrants and their descendants) in Brazil. Such...

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Published in:Journal of world business : JWB 2015-01, Vol.50 (1), p.133-143
Main Authors: Furusawa, Masayuki, Brewster, Chris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bi-culturals
Boundary-spanners
Brazil
Dekassegui
Expatriation
Global talent management
Host countries
Human resource management
Immigration
International HRM (IHRM)
Japan
Japanese MNCs
Latin America
Localization
Management theory
Migrants
Migration
Multinational corporations
Multinational enterprises
Nikkeijin
Noncitizens
Organizational behaviour
Personnel management
Studies
Talent management
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Summary:This paper reports on an important subgroup of international boundary-spanners – immigrants and second or third generation migrants from the MNC's home country living in the subsidiary host country. We take as our example the Nikkeijin (Japanese immigrants and their descendants) in Brazil. Such bi-cultural people are a largely unexplored source of boundary-spanning internationally competent talent for multinational enterprises. Using two different surveys, we find that this group is recognized as a source of talent by Japanese MNCs, but that their HRM practices are not appropriate to attract and use them in their global talent management programmes.
ISSN:1090-9516
1878-5573
DOI:10.1016/j.jwb.2014.02.005