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1

The number of cross-border inter-firm agreements has risen dramatically during the past two decades.
A)True
B)False
2

Hofstede argues that national cultural differences are changing rapidly.
A)True
B)False
3

In a multinational company, the most significant control remains either with the company's home offices or in the hands of an expatriate from the home country.
A)True
B)False
4

The geocentric organization will closely adhere to national boundaries for staffing its overseas operations.
A)True
B)False
5

Managers returning home after an overseas assignment are more likely to leave the parent organization than their domestic counterparts.
A)True
B)False
6

The world's 61,000 transnational corporations, along with their 900,000 foreign affiliates, consider ____________________ as the main force in global economic integration.
A)Gross Domestic Product
B)Foreign Direct Investment
C)the European Union
D)the North American Free Trade Agreement
7

____________________ are employees who are sent from the country in which the organization is headquartered.
A)Host country nationals
B)Parent country nationals
C)Third country nationals
8

U.S. expatriates fail less often than do their Japanese counterparts.
A)Less often
B)More often
C)Just as often as
9

Employees who are from a country other than where the parent organization's headquarters or operations are located are called ____________________.
A)host country nationals
B)parent country nationals
C)third country nationals
10

Why are companies moving toward (favoring) short-term expat assignments?
A)Short-term assignments are attractive to more managers
B)Short-term assignments are faster to arrange
C)Short-term assignments are less costly
D)All of the above.
11

In many countries around the world, environmental regulation is ____________________ it is in the United States.
A)weaker than
B)the same as
C)more stringent than
12

What is the most frequently cited reason that qualified managers give for turning down an international assignment?
A)Inadequate schooling for children
B)Difficulty of new language
C)Poor housing
D)Interruption of spouse's career
13

According to Tung, the two primary determinants of how much and what kind of training expatriate managers should receive are the level of contact with the host country and ____________________.
A)the length of the assignment
B)the degree of English spoken
C)the degree of dissimilarity between the home an host cultures
D)the number of expatriates assigned to the same location
14

The Sullivan Principles include all of the following except:
A)Nonsegregation of the races in all work facilities
B)Equal pay for all employees performing equal work
C)Reparation for past discrimination
D)Increasing the number of nonwhite minorities in management
15

Which of the following is an example of a third country national?
A)A worker from Cancun, Mexico who works at an American plant in Mexico City.
B)An American manager on assignment in Norway.
C)A worker from Chile employed by an American firm in Norway.
D)A worker from Mexico City who was trained in the United States and then reassigned to Mexico City.





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