Exam 20: International Human Resource Management

Dixon Manufacturing,a British MNE,believes that its business practices are superior,so it does not make any policy changes in foreign markets.Dixon Manufacturing most likely takes a(n)________ approach to staffing.

A growing number of MNEs in Asia and Latin America are using performance-based pay to link compensation with business results.

An example of an expatriate would be a Canadian manager working for a Canadian firm in China.

Generally,HRM does NOT emphasize which of the following characteristics when evaluating the adaptability of an expatriate candidate?

Which of the following is a drawback of the polycentric approach?

Which of the following interpretative frameworks does NOT automatically presume that a particular nation provides a solution to every problem or an explanation for every action?

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

The MNE that aims to control the transfer of its unique core competencies overseas usually prefers an ethnocentric staffing policy.

Expatriate failure,broadly defined,indicates there is a breakdown in a company's selection policies to staff its foreign operations.

The headquarters-based compensation method bases the expatriate's compensation on the salary of a comparable job in the city where the MNE has its headquarters.

The ________ of compensation determines an expatriate's compensation on the prevailing pay scales in the locale of the foreign assignment.

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

The past few years have seen fewer females sent on international assignments.

An ethnocentric staffing policy is well matched with a multidomestic strategy.

HRM refers to the range of activities that a company,whether solely domestic or thoroughly global,undertakes to ________.

Which of the following trends has LEAST likely led to the increased demand for expatriate talent?

Monica,a Brazilian citizen,earned an MBA from Stanford University and has been working at the New York branch of Goldman Sachs for one year.Monica is being transferred to Goldman Sachs' office in Brazil where she will best be characterized as a(n)________.

The most common predeparture training for an expatriate is ________.

Home-country nationals are ________.

Terrell,a manager with Qualsys Technologies,has been on an expatriate assignment in Russia for the last three years.Terrell's foreign assignment has ended,and he is working with HR to return to the U.S.and begin a new job at the firm's headquarters in Philadelphia.In which activity is Terrell most likely involved?