IR Training for Expatriate Managers:Part 2 Available to Purchase

With the increasing overseas penetration of the UK economy occurring at the same time as the spread of trade unionism in this country the potential for differences in national background leading to labour‐management disputes is greater now than ever before. Part 1 of this article developed a continuum for managers from abroad who have to deal with British subordinates and hence risk such disputes. It suggested that managers could be placed in three broad categories according to the degree of difference between their home country's culture system and that of the UK. This second part of the article examines the different training needs of each category and shows how, in the air transport industry initially, different forms of training were developed to meet these needs.