RES Forum Research - Regional Focus - India

Dear RES Member,

Sometimes seen to outsiders as the world’s back office, India is a complex, diverse, and often misunderstood country.

Despite employing many people from India, businesses don’t always understand domestic or international work within India itself. In particular, the movement of employees into, out of, and within the country is largely unresearched.

The first in a series of regional RES Forum Research specials, we’re researching mobility and cross-border working in India. Our objective is to understand the issues, challenges, and opportunities within the country. The subsequent report will provide insight for and add value to organisations that operate within India.

Our research features a mix of interviews and case studies, as well as this survey. This includes input from local and international vendors and multinational corporations with offices and operations in India. We’ve already conducted a series of fascinating interviews. This survey is the final piece of a complex puzzle.

It’s important that India’s diversity is reflected in the survey responses. For that reason, we want a broad mix of participants. Each response will help us paint a true and colourful picture of mobility within this wonderful country. Please share this survey with your colleagues based in India.

We’ll share the final paper through the RES Forum and IMF.

I hope you find it useful, insightful, and interesting.

Thank you for your support.

David Enser, The RES Forum

Section 1 - Basic Information

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1. Where are your global headquarters?

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2. Where are your regional headquarters?

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3. What is the nature of your operations in India?

Local market facing organisation

Back office / shared service

Regional or global business hub

Other (please specify)

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4. What is your international employee population (all move types under management) globally?

0-50

51-100

101-250

251-500

500+

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5. What is your annual volume of inbound, outbound and domestic moves specifically related to India? (number of moves per year)

	0-50	51-100	101-250	251-500	500+
Inbound	Inbound 0-50	Inbound 51-100	Inbound 101-250	Inbound 251-500	Inbound 500+
Outbound	Outbound 0-50	Outbound 51-100	Outbound 101-250	Outbound 251-500	Outbound 500+
Domestic	Domestic 0-50	Domestic 51-100	Domestic 101-250	Domestic 251-500	Domestic 500+

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6. What is your role?

Global Mobility

Rewards and benefits

Other (please specify)

Section 2 - Trends

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7. Do you anticipate India related mobility to increase, decrease or stay the same over the next year? (please answer for inbound, outbound and domestic)

	Increase	Decrease	Stay the same
Inbound	Inbound Increase	Inbound Decrease	Inbound Stay the same
Outbound	Outbound Increase	Outbound Decrease	Outbound Stay the same
Domestic	Domestic Increase	Domestic Decrease	Domestic Stay the same

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8. What is driving this change, where applicable? (i.e. , business demand, intern programmes, etc.)

Section 3 - Barriers to mobility

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9. Where do you see the biggest barriers to India related mobility for your organisation? (select all that apply)

	Lack of skills / training	Language	Culture / religious	Misperception of the country	Policy constraints	Compensation constraints	Employee benefits	Family and personal considerations	Remote working
Inbound	Inbound Lack of skills / training	Inbound Language	Inbound Culture / religious	Inbound Misperception of the country	Inbound Policy constraints	Inbound Compensation constraints	Inbound Employee benefits	Inbound Family and personal considerations	Inbound Remote working
Outbound	Outbound Lack of skills / training	Outbound Language	Outbound Culture / religious	Outbound Misperception of the country	Outbound Policy constraints	Outbound Compensation constraints	Outbound Employee benefits	Outbound Family and personal considerations	Outbound Remote working
Domestic	Domestic Lack of skills / training	Domestic Language	Domestic Culture / religious	Domestic Misperception of the country	Domestic Policy constraints	Domestic Compensation constraints	Domestic Employee benefits	Domestic Family and personal considerations	Domestic Remote working

Other (please specify below) / further comments

Section 4 - Opportunities

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10. What do you see as the best way to address these barriers? (select all that apply)

	Education about Indian life, language, and culture	Technology	Flexibility in benefits / compensation / policies	Flexible / hybrid working	Remote working
Inbound	Inbound Education about Indian life, language, and culture	Inbound Technology	Inbound Flexibility in benefits / compensation / policies	Inbound Flexible / hybrid working	Inbound Remote working
Outbound	Outbound Education about Indian life, language, and culture	Outbound Technology	Outbound Flexibility in benefits / compensation / policies	Outbound Flexible / hybrid working	Outbound Remote working
Domestic	Domestic Education about Indian life, language, and culture	Domestic Technology	Domestic Flexibility in benefits / compensation / policies	Domestic Flexible / hybrid working	Domestic Remote working

Other (please specify below) / further comments

Section 5 - Technology

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11. What role does technology play in your mobility programme? (select all that apply)

Local

Global

Basic programme administration

Compensation and tax

Benefits administration

Employee experience (inc. self service)

Other (please specify below) / further comments

Section 6 - About you

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12. Please answer the follow questions.
Please note that if you provide your personal details, we may contact you about this survey or about other RES Forum news and information/ surveys. We will never share your data with other organisations or suppliers without your permission.

Your name

Your email address

Your company/ organisation name

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13. If you’re not a member of the RES Forum, would you be interested in finding out more about how to join to obtain a copy of the survey results?

Yes (please ensure you have entered your email address above)

Further Comments

Thank you for responding to our surveys.

The RES Forum Team

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1. Where are your global headquarters?

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2. Where are your regional headquarters?

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3. What is the nature of your operations in India?

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4. What is your international employee population (all move types under management) globally?

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5. What is your annual volume of inbound, outbound and domestic moves specifically related to India? (number of moves per year)

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6. What is your role?

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7. Do you anticipate India related mobility to increase, decrease or stay the same over the next year? (please answer for inbound, outbound and domestic)

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8. What is driving this change, where applicable? (i.e. , business demand, intern programmes, etc.)

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9. Where do you see the biggest barriers to India related mobility for your organisation? (select all that apply)

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10. What do you see as the best way to address these barriers? (select all that apply)

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11. What role does technology play in your mobility programme? (select all that apply)

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12. Please answer the follow questions. Please note that if you provide your personal details, we may contact you about this survey or about other RES Forum news and information/ surveys. We will never share your data with other organisations or suppliers without your permission.

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13. If you’re not a member of the RES Forum, would you be interested in finding out more about how to join to obtain a copy of the survey results?

12. Please answer the follow questions.
Please note that if you provide your personal details, we may contact you about this survey or about other RES Forum news and information/ surveys. We will never share your data with other organisations or suppliers without your permission.