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1
Which of the following is not an activity of HRM?
A)Marketing
B)Staffing
C)Evaluations
D)Management development
E)Labour relations
2
A(n) _______ is a citizen of one country who is working abroad in one of the firm's subsidiaries.
A)international manager
B)global citizen
C)expatriate manager
D)ethnocentric manager
E)egocentric manager
3
______ policy is concerned with the selection of employees for particular jobs.
A)Staffing
B)HR
C)Ethnocentric
D)Expatriate
E)Repatriation
4
Corporate Culture means the firm's:
A)values
B)norms
C)norms and values
D)cultural beliefs
E)corporate language
5
A(n) __________ staffing policy is one in which all key management positions are filled by people from the country of where the parent company is located.
A)regional
B)geocentric
C)domestic
D)ethnocentric
E)polycentric
6
Ethnocentric policy can lead to:
A)hiring best people for key jobs throughout the organization, regardless of nationality.
B)cultural myopia.
C)home country resistance.
D)fragmented cultural norms given accepted differences.
E)diversified culture.
7
Requiring host-country nationals to be recruited to manage subsidiaries is a
A)Polycentric staffing policy
B)Global staffing policy
C)Ethnocentric staffing policy
D)Geocentric staffing policy
E)Domestic staffing policy
8
A _______ staffing policy seeks the best people for a job regardless of nationality.
A)Polycentric
B)Geocentric
C)Regiocentric
D)Ethnocentric
E)Domestic
9
A geocentric approach is compatible with both global and
A)Polycentric policies
B)Regional policies
C)Transnational policies
D)Multidomestic policies
E)Domestic policies
10
A(n) __________ staffing policy seeks the best people for key jobs throughout the organization, regardless of nationality.
A)Geocentric
B)Ethnocentric
C)Domestic
D)Polycentric
E)Regiocentric
11
This staffing policy is appropriate for a multidomestic situation and alleviates cultural myopia
A)Ethnocentric
B)Geocentric
C)Polycentric
D)Multidomestic
E)Regional
12
_______ staffing policy enables the firm to build a cadre of international work well in a number of cultures.
A)Polycentric
B)Domestic
C)Ethnocentric
D)Geocentric
E)Multidomestic
13
For North American multinationals, which is the most important reason for expatriate failure?
A)Manager's inability to adjust.
B)Lack of technical competence.
C)Inability of spouse to adjust.
D)Manager's personal and emotional maturity.
E)Inability to cope with larger overseas responsibility.
14
The most important reason cited by the Japanese firms for their expatriate failure is:
A)manager's inability to adjust.
B)lack of technical competence.
C)inability of spouse to adjust.
D)manager's personal and emotional maturity.
E)inability to cope with larger overseas responsibility.
15
According to some studies, what is the # 1 reason for expatriate failure?
A)Personal maturity.
B)Inability of spouse to adjust.
C)Larger responsibilities.
D)Emotional maturity.
E)Inability to adjust.
16
Mendenhall and Oddou identified dimensions that seem to predict success in a foreign posting. Which one does not belong?
A)self-orientation.
B)company-orientation.
C)cultural toughness.
D)others-orientation.
E)perceptual ability.
17
One way to reduce expatriate failure rates, during the selection process, is to:
A)Improve selection procedures.
B)Improve pay.
C)Improve housing.
D)Reduce workload.
E)Add bonuses.
18
Within three years of returning home,
A)15% of expatriates get promoted
B)85% of expatriates make the same salary
C)40% of expatriates leave the firm
D)68% of expatriates are divorced
E)9% of expatriates become CEO
19
Evaluating the performance of expatriate managers objectively can be difficult due to:
A)Unintentional bias.
B)others-orientation.
C)perceptual ability.
D)cultural toughness.
E)foreign-orientation.
20
The most common approach to expatriate pay is the __________ approach.
A)cash flow
B)income statement
C)country-specific
D)balance sheet
E)location-based
21
_______ is not a component of the typical expatriate compensation package.
A)Tax differentials
B)Benefits
C)A base salary
D)Allowances of various types
E)Spouse salary incentives





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