DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2015.v02i10.013

Pages: 1060-1071

The growth of multinational companies is determined by the effective management of their international assignees. Such task is clustered with several challenges since expatriates‘ lives in environments different from their places of origin, which requires satisfactory emolument to retain their commitment. This study determines to unravel critical issues of managing expatriates in multinational companies with an international human resource management and cultural diversity perspective. Data was obtained from secondary sources published in the subject matter in order to establish the relevance of the study and analysis was drawn from retrieved information which outlined the significance of the role of human resource professionals in multinational companies, expatriates and cultural diversity issues, global workforce planning, staffing, training and management development, global compensation, benefits and managing assignees performance, and health and safety issues affecting expatriates on international assignments. Retrieved sources disclosed that the effective management of expatriates originates from addressing cultural principles which enables multinational companies to establish effective teams, stimulates performance and enhance organisational success. Evidences established in this study will aid practising international human resource managers in multinational companies and will also serve as guide to companies that intends to go internationally.