Fuzzy MCDM approach for evaluation of expatriate assignments

被引:35
作者
Chen, MF
Tzeng, GH
Tang, TI
机构
[1] Tatung Univ, Dept Business Management, Taipei, Taiwan
[2] Kainan Univ, Dept Business Adm, Luchu 338, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
[3] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Coll Management, Inst Business & Management, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
[4] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Inst Technol Management, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
[5] Kainan Univ, Dept Informat & Elect Commerce, Luchu 338, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
关键词
expatriate assignments; human resources management; FMCDM; fuzzy AHP; fuzzy set theory;
D O I
10.1142/S0219622005001520
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
As international corporate activities increase, the staffing of their operations involves more strategic concerns. However, foreign assignments have many differences, and dissatisfaction with host country is a known cause of expatriate failure. This study distinguishes from previous studies, which focused on the expatriate selection process from the viewpoint of the human resource managers. Prom the view of expatriate candidate's points, this paper describes a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fuzzy AHP) to determine the weighting of subjective judgments. When the expatriate assignments are evaluated from various aspects, such as employee personal factors, employee competencies, job characteristics, family factors, environmental factors and organization relocation support activities, it can be regarded as an fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (FMCDM) problem. Since expatriate candidates cannot clearly estimate the relative importance of each considered criterion in terms of numerical values, fuzziness is applicable. Consequently, this paper uses triangular fuzzy numbers by fuzzy AHP to establish weights for expatriate candidates, thus determining the relative importance for criteria of expatriate assignments. From the insights of this study, this article addresses this expatriate problem and offers guidelines for managers concerned with a successful expatriate assignment program.
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页码:277 / 296
页数:20
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