Exam 20: International Human Resources

The most common predeparture training for an expatriate is ________.

Ferguson Manufacturing,an American MNE,has facilities in India and Mexico. Ferguson fills management positions at the facility in India with Indians and management positions in Mexico with Mexicans. Ferguson most likely follows a(n)________ approach to staffing.

Failure rates for overseas postings fall typically between 30 and 50 percent,and usually reduce performance,sidetrack careers,and corrode morale.

A geocentric staffing policy is one in which all key management positions throughout the company's global operations are filled by host-country nationals.

The HRM requirements of a(n)________ strategy is well matched with an ethnocentric staffing policy.

Today,which of the following circumstances is LEAST likely to cause expatriate failure?

The ________ sets the expatriate's salary in terms of the salary of a comparable job in the city where the MNE has its headquarters.

What types of employees are increasingly being chosen for expatriate assignments? What characteristics are firms seeking when selecting expatriates?

Companies often face problems repatriating executives from foreign assignments to the home nation due to which of the following?

Microsoft has a tendency to hire home country nationals for jobs outside the United States. Microsoft's leadership supports a(n)________ approach to staffing.

An example of a third-country national is a ________.

Jeanette Thompson,a native Texan,is being sent by her company,Samsung of South Korea,to head up a new facility in Hong Kong. Jeanette would be considered a(n)________.

________ refers to the activities that an organization carries out to put the right person into the right job in the right place at the right time for the right salary.

What are the differences between ethnocentric,polycentric,and geocentric frameworks?

A growing number of MNEs are increasing expatriate allowances to entice employees to move overseas.

The HRM requirements of a(n)________ strategy is well matched with a geocentric staffing policy.

Home-country nationals are ________.

A polycentric staffing policy is well matched with a transnational strategy.

Executives from the home office typically demand richer compensation packages and impose higher relocation costs than third-country nationals do.

Which of the following is NOT an area in which expatriates experience repatriation frustration?