Research on Foreign Executives in Local Organisations (FELOs)

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  • What are FELOs?
  • FELOs
    • High profile FELO cases
      • First foreign executive at TOYOTA’s headquarters quits after 3 months
      • ‘Chip’ Goodyear at Temasek Holdings, Singapore
      • ‘Charm’ Bernhard Quandt, Korea
    • FELO cases in Korea and China
    • Qoros – a Chinese car manufacturer built with foreign executives
    • Huawei – internationalisation with foreign executives
    • Strategies – Why China’s Xiaomi and Huawei recruit foreign executives
    • FELOs researched in Malaysia
    • Research participants speak about FELOs
  • Academia
    • Typologies: What types of foreign executives are appointed by local organisations and what types of organisations appoint them?
    • Case study illustrates two of four types of foreign executives in local organisations
    • Differences: Foreign executives compared to other types of expatriates
    • Confusion over inpatriates
    • Self-initiated expatriates (SIE)
  • Contexts
    • Asia
    • Middle East
    • Other Economies
    • The role of executive search firms
  • Further Reading
  • Research Findings
    • Differences between FELOs and expatriates, inpatriates, transpatriates
    • Why do local organisations appoint foreign executives?
    • Why are FELO positions not filled with local executives?
    • What FELOs contribute to local organisations
    • How is cultural distance bridged in FELO affiliations?
    • The unique ‘in/out group’-status of FELOs
    • FELOs and corruption
    • FELO income levels and local perceptions
    • FELOs’ heightened exposure to local scrutiny
    • FELOs and ‘brain drain’
    • Host-country involvement of FELOs
    • External and internal bridging roles of FELOs
    • FELOs and glass ceilings in local organisations
    • ‘Fix it’ roles of Type 1 FELOs may include ‘hatchet jobs’ and becoming a ‘scapegoat’
    • The career-paths and -risks of FELOs
    • Typology of foreign executives appointed by local organisations
    • Typology of local organisations appointing foreign executives

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Posted by FELOresearch in foreign manager on April 23, 2011

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