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This 6-page paper discusses expatriate salaries overseas in Japan, repatriate salaries in the United States and the influence of unions on the salary structure in Japan. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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United States and China. In this paper, the writer has been asked to answer questions about what happens in the event Riordan Manufacturing decides to expand to Japan. In this
scenario, were assuming that Robert Lords pay in the United States is $140,000 a year. With this in mind, lets answer the following questions. How would Robert Lords pay as
an expat differ from the pay of a Japanese national of the same age? Is the difference equitable? Lets first look at the
benefits of expat employees. According to Phillips and Fox (2003), expatriates are more likely than local employees to have knowledge about global operations, as well as corporate objectives. Furthermore, expatriate
assignments provide international expertise to local employees; plus theyre there to exert strategic control (Phillips and Fox, 2003). As a result, expatriates tend to be compensated differently from employees in
the host country (Phillips and Fox, 2003). Part of the reason is because the cost of living abroad (in places such as Japan) is higher than living in the United
States (Phillips and Fox, 2003). Basically, its said that the balance sheet approach "requires increases in compensation on one side of the ledger to compensate for the increased costs and
inconvenience of the overseas assignment on the other side of the ledger" (Phillips and Fox, 2003; 469). Its not easy being an expatriate for a company. The assignments arent short
(most last a year, probably longer) and it involves, in most cases, uprooting a family as well as the expat him/herself. As a result, U.S. corporations are more likely to
boost compensation in an effort to attract those interested in an overseas assignment (Phillips and Fox, 2003). Such compensation can include an increased salary, a housing allowance (for the increased
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