Growth Opportunities Available to Foreigners in UK-based Companies

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ABSTRACT

The research aims on analysing the growth opportunities of foreign worker in UK-based companies. For this, the research explored the concept of performance appraisal, compensation and rewards, growth and performance appraisals. The research identified that geographical mobility has insufficient awareness of the institutions on the role that immigration plays for growth and competitiveness of the destination countries such as UK. Non-European harmonization of regulations across different countries immigration and labour is consequent need to formulate policies and common practice in Europe. It is the presence of inconsistent legislation that often does not respond adequately to requirements of the European labour market and that is at odds with the need recruitment of foreign staff felt by businesses. Main purpose for this research was to identify the factors which are the basis of growth opportunities for foreign workers in UK based firms. Through extensive secondary research method, the study analysed that UK firms prefer foreign workers specifically due to their skills and knowledge about the particular fields.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the Research1

Research Aim2

Research Objectives2

Research Questions2

Industry Background3

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW4

Performance Appraisal4

Commitment6

The Relevance of Commitment7

Organisational Supports8

Flexible Benefit Package9

Benefits in General9

Pay for Performance10

Annual and Quarterly Plans11

Bonus, Merit, Lumpsum, Stock, and Additional Incentives11

Market Salary Data11

Effectiveness of Organisation's Incentive Compensation Plan12

Few Points From Company's Compensation Plan12

Performance Management and Growth Strategy12

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY14

Research Methodology14

Search Technique15

Literature Search16

Data Sources17

Inclusion and exclusion criteria17

Search Rationale18

Research Philosophy18

Approach of Philosophy18

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS20

Growth Opportunities for Foreign Workers in UK-based firms20

Issues of UK-born worker23

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION25

REFERENCES26

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the Research

In the opinion of Goodale (2001, p. 70) experts have advocated very strong views of possible growth opportunities as possibly the most essential facet of life in UK based organisations. Unfavourably, it has been proclaimed by experts regarding the value of growth opportunities suggesting that the process of performance appraisals could be so intrinsically faulty that it might become unimaginable to correct the mistakes in it.

In theoretical terms, Goodale had believed that growth opportunities for foreigners are involving OJT (On the Job) training and assessment would unavoidably be underlined by humanistic dynamics. Consequently, this approach could be tried out, navigated, conceived, and substituted by some other approach. Nevertheless, it would inevitably be a mixture of subjective reactions and judgments, flashbacks, emotions to experiences that could dispel or reinforce, and all anxieties and expectations, which usually figure the session of appraisal itself. Garavan (2007, p. 134) made a statement that a number of researchers believe that a huge amount of information regarding rating-scales and formats for evaluation ...