Exam 14: Human Resource Selection and Development Across Cultures

All of the following are correct with regard to the impact of age, experience and education on expatriate managers except:

_____ are local managers who are hired by the MNC.

An individual from a host-country who is assigned to work in the host-country is referred to as a multipatriate.

Historically, MNCs have staffed key positions in their foreign affiliates with host-country nationals.

"Learning organizations" continually focus on activities such as:

For most overseas managers, repatriation occurs within five years of the time they leave.

An approach to developing an expatriate compensation package that involves giving the expat a predetermined amount of money and letting the individual make his/her own decisions regarding how to spend it is referred to as the:

This type of MNC relies on local managers from a particular geographic region to handle operations in and around that area.

Expatriate salaries typically are set according to the base pay of:

This approach to developing an expatriate compensation package entails giving the individual a series of options and letting the person decide how to spend the available funds.

An approach to developing an expatriate compensation package that involves paying the expat a salary comparable to that of local nationals is referred to as:

The benefits of a lump-sum incentive system would include all of the following except:

Traditionally, what was the only selection criterion MNCs relied on for overseas assignments?

This is the acquisition of skills, knowledge and abilities that results in a relatively permanent change in behavior.

A(n) _____ MNC puts home-office people in charge of key international management positions.

Expatriate managers who are citizens of the country where the multinational corporate is headquartered are referred to as:

This is common in many large MNCs where managers believe that the home office's approach to doing business can be exported intact to all other countries, because this approach is superior to anything at the local level.

Which of the following statements about third-country nationals is false?

The hardest training, in terms of preparation time is to place a cultural integrator in each foreign operation.

Home-country nationals are managers who are citizens of the country where the MNC is headquartered.