EASING ENTRY AND BEYOND: PREPARING EXPATRIATES AND PATRIATES FOR FOREIGN ASSIGNMENT SUCCESS

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maali H. Ashamalla ◽  
Madeline Crocitto
Keyword(s):  
Assignment Success ◽  
Foreign Assignment

scholarly journals Regional variation in otolith geochemistry of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in coastal Newfoundland

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 1507-1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan R.E. Stanley ◽  
Claudio DiBacco ◽  
Simon R. Thorrold ◽  
Paul V.R. Snelgrove ◽  
Corey J. Morris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Environmental Variability ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Environmental Influence ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Early Life History ◽  
Otolith Chemistry ◽  
Geographic Patterns ◽  
Assignment Success ◽  
Scale Classification

We examined spatial variation in otolith geochemistry as a natural tag in juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) to resolve geographic patterns during early life history. Individuals from 54 inshore sites spanned five embayments in eastern Newfoundland. Otolith composition differed at all spatial scales and related inversely to spatial scale. Classification analysis revealed increasing discrimination at coarser spatial scales: site (26%–58%), bay (49%), and coast (76%). Assignment success declined by ∼10% per added site with increasing sampling sites per bay, demonstrating fine-scale (<100 km) variation. When we partitioned environmental variability from observed otolith chemistry using predictive models, assignment success improved by 56%, 14%, and 5% for site, bay, and coast, respectively. Our results demonstrate environmental influence on spatial structure of otolith chemistry and illustrate the importance of resolving baseline variability in otolith chemistry when conducting assignment tests. Collectively, our results describe the potential utility of juvenile otolith composition in evaluating contributions of subpopulations to the Northwest Atlantic cod stock and highlight important limitations imposed by environmental variation at scales less than 100 km.

scholarly journals Keep Garfagnina alive. An integrated study on patterns of homozygosity, genomic inbreeding, admixture and breed traceability of the Italian Garfagnina goat breed

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0232436
Author(s):  
Christos Dadousis ◽  
Francesca Cecchi ◽  
Michela Ablondi ◽  
Maria Chiara Fabbri ◽  
Alessandra Stella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Small Region ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Admixture Analysis ◽  
Goat Breed ◽  
Runs Of Homozygosity ◽  
Genomic Inbreeding ◽  
Assignment Success ◽  
Integrated Study

The objective of this study was to investigate the genetic diversity of the Garfagnina (GRF) goat, a breed that currently risks extinction. For this purpose, 48 goats were genotyped with the Illumina CaprineSNP50 BeadChip and analyzed together with 214 goats belonging to 9 other Italian breeds (~25 goats/breed), whose genotypes were available from the AdaptMap project [Argentata (ARG), Bionda dell’Adamello (BIO), Ciociara Grigia (CCG), Di Teramo (DIT), Garganica (GAR), Girgentana (GGT), Orobica (ORO), Valdostana (VAL) and Valpassiria (VSS)]. Comparative analyses were conducted on i) runs of homozygosity (ROH), ii) admixture ancestries and iii) the accuracy of breed traceability via discriminant analysis on principal components (DAPC) based on cross-validation. ROH analyses was used to assess the genetic diversity of GRF, while admixture and DAPC to evaluate its relationship to the other breeds. For GRF, common ROH (more than 45% in GRF samples) was detected on CHR 12 at, roughly 50.25–50.94Mbp (ARS1 assembly), which spans the CENPJ (centromere protein) and IL17D (interleukin 17D) genes. The same area of common ROH was also present in DIT, while a broader region (~49.25–51.94Mbp) was shared among the ARG, CCG, and GGT. Admixture analysis revealed a small region of common ancestry from GRF shared by BIO, VSS, ARG and CCG breeds. The DAPC model yielded 100% assignment success for GRF. Overall, our results support the identification of GRF as a distinct native Italian goat breed. This work can contribute to planning conservation programmes to save GRF from extinction and will improve the understanding of the socio-agro-economic factors related with the farming of GRF.

scholarly journals "Die Fremde ist nicht Heimat geworden, aber die Heimat Fremde."(Alfred Polgar)- Überlegungen zum Jahr des interkulturellen Dialogs 2008

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
Stephan Wolting
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Intercultural Communications ◽  
Foreign Assignment

The present article tries to attract attention to the connection between the idea of the European Commision to create in 2008 a Year of the interculturaal dialogue and empiric studies in researching of being abroad. It will be one of the most important purposes in future to develop the studies in intercultural communications in the premise of consulting, coaching and mediation for foreign assignment or a deployment abroad. In this fields there's no doubt that there's a need for focussing new researches on the public and private life of employers abroad or on that what's called the working migration.

scholarly journals Using nuclear microsatellite data to trace the gene flow and population structure in Czech horses

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
L. Putnová ◽  
R. Štohl ◽  
I. Vrtková
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Inbreeding Coefficient ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Nuclear Microsatellite ◽  
High Level ◽  
Equus Przewalskii ◽  
Assignment Success

Based on a data set comprising 2879 animals and 17 nuclear microsatellite DNA markers, we propose the most comprehensive in-depth study mapping the genetic structure and specifying the assignment success rates in horse breeds at the Czech population scale. The STRUCTURE program was used to perform systematic Bayesian clustering via the Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation, enabling us to explain the population stratification and to identify genetic structure patterns within breeds worldwide. In total, 182 different alleles were found over all the populations and markers, with the mean number of 10.7 alleles per locus. The expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.459 (Friesian) to 0.775 (Welsh Part Bred), and the average level reached 0.721. The average observed heterozygosity corresponded to 0.709, with the highest value detected in the Czech Sport Pony (0.775). The largest number of private alleles was found in Equus przewalskii. The population inbreeding coefficient F<sub>IS</sub> ranged from –0.08 in the Merens to 0.14 in the Belgian Warmblood. The total within-population inbreeding coefficient was estimated to be moderate. As expected, very large genetic differentiation and small gene flow were established between the Friesian and Equus przewalskii (F<sub>ST </sub>= 0.37, Nm = 0.43). Zero F<sub>ST</sub> values indicated no differences between the Czech Warmblood–Slovak Warmblood and the Czech Warmblood–Bavarian Warmblood. A high level of breeding and connectivity was revealed between the Slovak Warmblood–Bavarian Warmblood, Dutch Warmblood–Oldenburg Horse, Bavarian Warmblood–Dutch Warmblood, and Bavarian Warmblood–Oldenburg Horse. The breeds’ contribution equalled about 6% of the total genetic variability. The overall proportion of individuals correctly assigned to a population corresponded to 82.4%. The posterior Bayesian approach revealed a hierarchical dynamic genetic structure in four clusters (hot-blooded, warm-blooded, cold-blooded, and pony). While most of the populations were genetically distinct from each other and well-arranged with solid breed structures, some of the entire sets showed signs of admixture and/or fragmentation.

scholarly journals SNP Markers as a Successful Molecular Tool for Assessing Species Identity and Geographic Origin of Trees in the Economically Important South American Legume Genus Dipteryx

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eurídice N Honorio Coronado ◽  
Céline Blanc-Jolivet ◽  
Malte Mader ◽  
Carmen R García-Dávila ◽  
David Aldana Gomero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Markers ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Geographic Origin ◽  
Snp Markers ◽  
Genetic Identification ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Species Identity ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Genetic Clusters ◽  
Assignment Success

Abstract Dipteryx timber has been heavily exploited in South America since 2000s due to the increasing international demand for hardwood. Developing tools for the genetic identification of Dipteryx species and their geographical origin can help to promote legal trading of timber. A collection of 800 individual trees, belonging to 6 different Dipteryx species, was genotyped based on 171 molecular markers. After the exclusion of markers out of Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium or with no polymorphism or low amplification, 83 nuclear, 29 chloroplast, 13 mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and 2 chloroplast and 5 mitochondrial INDELS remained. Six genetic groups were identified using Bayesian Structure analyses of the nuclear SNPs, which corresponded to the different Dipteryx species collected in the field. Seventeen highly informative markers were identified as suitable for species identification and obtained self-assignment success rates to species level of 78–96%. An additional set of 15 molecular markers was selected to determine the different genetic clusters found in Dipteryx odorata and Dipteryx ferrea, obtaining self-assignment success rates of 91–100%. The success to assign samples to the correct country of origin using all or only the informative markers improved when using the nearest neighbor approach (69–92%) compared to the Bayesian approach (33–80%). While nuclear and chloroplast SNPs were more suitable for differentiating the different Dipteryx species, mitochondrial SNPs were ideal for determining the genetic clusters of D. odorata and D. ferrea. These 32 selected SNPs will be invaluable genetic tools for the accurate identification of species and country of origin of Dipteryx timber.

The Field Engineer—Ambassador without Portfolio

1965 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-386
Author(s):  
Leister F. Graffis
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Operation And Maintenance ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
Foreign Assignment

Field engineering considerations for long-duration service and support involve not only the operation and maintenance of a system, but the abilities, import, and impact of the men who will conduct the operation and maintenance in the field. In the case of foreign assignment, habitability or diplomacy may be as much a problem as engineering. The role of the field engineer as a professional field support individual is discussed. Human factors is introduced in terms of practical examples experienced by Bendix Field Engineering during its 15 years of world-wide field support.

scholarly journals Training U.S. Managers for Distant Shores

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Yezdi H. Godiwalla
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Environmental Uncertainty ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Personal Anxiety ◽  
Personal Career ◽  
Perceived Environmental Uncertainty ◽  
Foreign Assignment

Proper pre-departure training and post-arrival mentoring of US managers who are assigned for distant and culturally and operationally different countries are vital for their success in their foreign assignment. Training them for foreign assignments is vital because they will be overwhelmed by an onslaught of diverse challenges of their tasks and unfamiliar operating and cultural situations, all of which will confound even the most capable domestic manager. Supervisory and decision making situations will be different from the home country situations with which they are so used to working before they left for the foreign shores. Specifically, they must cope and better manage their personally challenging issues, which are their own personal anxiety and stress arising out of unfamiliar situations that defy the cause-effect logic they were used to in their home countries, the foreign country’s unfamiliar environment causing perceived environmental uncertainty, their own personal flexibility and adaptation, communicating and leading with empathy in host country cultures, and self-efficacy and their own sustained drive for continuously working long hours to accomplish their own personal career goals and the foreign subsidiary’s objectives.

Personnel problems in “Carry the flag” missions in foreign assignment

1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L Thornton ◽  
M.K Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Assignment
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