HR Awards - Winners

ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE EXPATICA HR TOP 5 INDUSTRY SURVEY AWARDS IN 2012

pwc

The top 5 winning surveys are :

1. pwc (formerly Price Waterhouse Coopers): 14th Annual Global CEO Survey: Growth reimagined
2. Brookfield Global Relocation Services: 2011 Global Relocation Trends Survey
3. pwc: Managing tomorrows people: Future of work
3. Brookfield Global Relocation Services : Flexible policy in Practice
5. ManpowerGroup: Migration for work Survey

The top ranking survey by pwc, 14th Annual Global CEO Survey: Growth reimagined , scored highly as a 'hot topic' for the HR profession as well as presenting information that was clearly articulated and easy to find.

According to panel reviewer Dr. Noeleen Doherty, Senior Research Fellow, Cranfield University, School of Management (UK) , pwc's 14th Annual Global CEO Survey contains " crucial intelligence for HR professional about the business context and vision for the future held by organisational leaders. "

" The qualitative comments add to the quantitative data. An interesting survey, accessing the major organisations of the world. Interesting and relevant ," says Dr. Kaye Thorn, Department of ManageSchool of Management and International Business, Massey University (Albany), Auckland, New Zealand.

Expatica HR Awards a benchmark of Industry Excellence

The Expatica HR Top 5 Industry Survey Awards strive to become an industry benchmark for achieving excellence in what is an increasingly challenging profession. This annual award provides an opportunity for organisations to come together to share their survey findings, and to recognise and celebrate industry surveys as a significant tool within the HR profession.

More comments from the reviewing panel on the award-winning surveys:

Dr. Kaye Thorn on pwc report Managing tomorrows people: Future of work, which scored highly as a hot topic and readability: "Really new, really different. This gets my vote to date!"
Dr. Kaye Thorn on Manpower's Migration for work survey , which scored highly in satisfying the "so what?" question in terms of investigating a topic of relevance to the HR profession: "This is particularly relevant in the context of the economic crisis. Interesting and informative."

Dr. Noeleen Doherty on Brookfield's 2011 Global Relocation Trends Surve y, which scored highly as a topic of interest and relevance to HR professionals: " A regular survey that provides a very useful historical trend data set which paints a picture of the changing landscape of global relocation. Concise analysis of the key findings which are well contextualized within current economic and global business environments. "

Dr. Yvonne McNulty on Brookfield's Flexible policy in Practice survey , which scored highly as a topic of interest for HR professionals and readability: " So well written - a very exceptional job done here. It is practical and relevant with a case study approach. Overall this report is appealing to its target audience (HR) with real life examples and an honest take on a difficult area of HR management. It deserves a top five spot! "

Highlights from the award-winning reports

Expatica HR currently features the highlights of the top ranking surveys and will feature highlights of all the five award-winning surveys separately over the next few weeks.

Panel of judges
Barbara Parry, Expatriate Consulting, Noeleen Doherty, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, United Kingdom. Stefan Mol, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Yvonne McNulty, School of Business at James Cook University, Singapore, Kaye Thorn, Department of Management and International Business, Massey University (Albany), Auckland, New Zealand and Natasha Gunn, Editor Expatica HR and Editor-in-Chief Expatica.com.

Any surveys published after 30 June 2011 up until June 2012, will be eligible for our 2011/ 2012 awards. We will send out a call for submissions in the first quarter of 2012.

The Expatica HR Top 5 Industry Survey Awards recognise excellence in HR surveys which demonstrate continuing relevance to the HR profession, cutting edge findings, and rigorous survey methodologies.

About Expatica HR
Expatica HR provides advice and information to over 13,000 HR professionals worldwide. The channels keep you up to date with the latest news, trends and best practices in mobility management, and include features on tax and finance across borders, expatriate support, relocation and the international job marketplace.

Expatica also organises conferences to keep HR professionals in tune with the latest rules and regulations governing cross-border working and best practices in expatriate management.

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Winners of the Expatica 2009/2010 Expatica Top 5 Industry Survey Awards

1.    Permits Foundation: International Survey of Expatriate Spouses and Partners
2.    Interchange Institute: At Home Abroad Final Report
3.    Brookfield GRS: 2010 Global Relocation Trends
4.    Mercer: International Assignment Survey 2009/2010
5.    Brookfield GRS: 2010 Intl Employee Mobility in the New Decade Spotlight

The top ranking survey by the "Permits Foundation Survey" scored highly as a unique and cutting edge study.

"A very useful exploration of the issues pertinent to spouse and partners, given their essential role in the assignment decision process and subsequent assignment experience," says Dr Noeleen Doherty, Senior Research Fellow, Cranfield University, School of Management (UK) who is part of the reviewing panel.

"This piece of work highlights the very real need to provide support for spouse and partners and in particular not to ignore their career concerns but to proactively support them," says Doherty.

Panel of judges
Barbara Parry, Expatriate Consulting, Noeleen Doherty, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, United Kingdom. Stefan Mol, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Yvonne McNulty, Department of Management, Monash University, Australia. Natasha Gunn, Editor Expatica HR and Editor-in-Chief Expatica.com.

The submitted surveys were published between June 2009 and 30 June 2010.