Exam 20: International Human Resource Management

The three types of interpretative frameworks in international businesses are ________.

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

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

Unlike the geocentric and polycentric mindsets,the ethnocentric mindset is not tied to a particular home or host nation.

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

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)________.

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

The ________ approach to expatriate compensation equalizes purchasing power across countries; this helps employees enjoy the same living standard in their foreign posting that they enjoyed at home.

Expatriates are locals from the country of the foreign subsidiary.

An advantage of the geocentric outlook to staffing is ________.

A geocentric staffing policy seeks the best qualified people for key jobs throughout the organization,irrespective of their nationality.

Which of the following is LEAST connected to superior HR management at an MNE?

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 various activities of HRM perform best when managers link them to the strategy of the firm.

Studies of repatriated employees regularly report that most knew what their company position would be when they returned home but were uncertain about their likely new workplace practices.

There is a strong yet inconsistent relationship between the strategic performance of an MNE and the decisions it has made in managing its human resources.

Practical predeparture training for the expatriate is often geared toward developing his or her sensitivities to overcome culture fright.

A company that decides to "localize" expatriate assignments will offer an expatriate the option of ________.

List and discuss the main components of an expatriate's compensation package.

Expatriate failure,defined in broad terms,refers to the ________.