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Building global corporate cultures and staffing organizations with global leaders are some of the major challenges faced by the HR function in the global area

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True

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In high long term orientation countries, the local remuneration package should include pension plan

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True

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Post arrival programs are best offered about eight to twelve weeks after assignees reach their destination country, when they can bring their own cross-cultural experiences and challenges to the sessions

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True

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From a business perspective, an organization ability to meet future challenges is argued to be multiplied by greater workforce diversity, more specifically through an increased variety of skills, experiences, cultural dimensions and values

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True

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Diversity management approaches developed in North American and Western European headquarters of multinational corporations can be easily transferred to their subsidiaries in other regions of the world

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False

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In low power distance countries, avoid remuneration based on hierarchical position within the organization. There should be more focus in these countries on performance rather than job level

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True

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Cross-cultural training may be provided prior to departure, after arrival in the destination country, or a combination of both

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True

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Repatriation can often through up as many problems as expatriation, especially if the assignee has become settled in the host country

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True

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Research has highlighted that short-term assignees may fail to develop effective relationships with local colleagues and customers, while also facing increased levels of stress and greater risk of marital problems

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True

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An American executive working in the Kenyan subsidiary of General Electric (a US firm) is a host country nationals

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False

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Comparing expatriates' performance across countries can be challenging due to complex contextual factors - within organization context within domestic context, and within international context

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True

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For any international assignment to be successful it is critical that the family unit be regarded as mutually supportive team. Given this perspective, the importance of training all family members for their new roles and responsibilities is clear

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True

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The prevailing labor relations system in a country is important to the international manager because it can constrain the strategic choices and operation activities of a firm operating there

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True

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To win the war for talent in China, Brazil, and other emerging markets, offering a fat paycheck and a standard career path would be sufficient and effective strategies

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False

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A Pakistani executive working for Tata (an Indian multinational) in Bangladesh is a third country nationals

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True

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Felix department store has over 900 stores in the US and over 300 stores in Mexico and Canada. Felix has been particularly successful in Mexico, and the firm's executive believe Felix should expand into other Latin American countries. As a result, plans are underway for the construction of a new Felix store in Managua, Nicaragua. The construction, once started, is expected to be completed within a year, so staff selection needs to begin soon. Felix's executives are considering the idea of using parent- country nationals to manage the new store in Nicaragua. Which of the following if true, best supports the argument that parent- country nationals should manage the Felix store in Managua, Nicaragua?

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C. Felix wants to maintain close control of the Nicaragua store for at least three years

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Felix department store has over 900 stores in the US and over 300 stores in Mexico and Canada. Felix has been particularly successful in Mexico, and the firm's executive believe Felix should expand into other Latin American countries. As a result, plans are underway for the construction of a new Felix store in Managua, Nicaragua. The construction, once started, is expected to be completed within a year, so staff selection needs to begin soon. Felix's executives are considering the idea of using parent- country nationals to manage the new store in Nicaragua. Which of the following, if true, undermines the argument that parent- country nationals should manage the Felix store in Nicaragua?

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A. Felix is implementing a strategy of global expansion by acting local

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of the ethnocentric staffing approach?

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A. Lack of managerial effectiveness of PCN's in foreign countries

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_______ are usually preferable when a high level technical capability is required and maintenance of close control is desired

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A. Parent-country nationals

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Which staffing approach will most likely be effective when implementing a global strategy of "acting local?"

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A. ploycentric

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For international assignments, which of these variable contribute to success or failure on the job and should therefore guide the selection of international staff

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E. All of the above

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Tain Tiong, a Chinese Malaysian who has worked for Malaysian subsidiary of Huawei (a Chinese firm) for over twenty years has been appointed CEO for Malaysia. Tiong is a:

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A. Host country national

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Which of the following is a constraint frequently placed on management by organized labor

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B. Limits on the firm's ability to vary employment levels when necessary

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Which of the following is an advantage of the polycentric staffing approach?

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C. Local managers tend to be instrumental in staving off or more effectively dealing with problems in sensitive political situations

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_________ are managers with global experience who are transferred to the organization's headquarters country, so their overseas business and cultural experience and contacts can facilitate interactions among the country's far-flung operations

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A. Impatriates

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The _____ is often used to equalize the standard of living between the host country and the home country, and to add some compensation for inconvenience or qualitative loss

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B. Balance sheet approach

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Recruiting managers from Latin America for a position in Argentina is an example of _______

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C. Regiocentric staffing approach

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Which of the following is the least critical area of expatriate preparation?

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c. Technical Training

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Cross cultural training should, at a minimum, include the following topics

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E. All of the above

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All of the following are primary motives for international transfers except:

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C. To reward PCN's who have limited growth potential in their home country

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All of the following are advantages of using Third Country nationals for international assignments EXCEPT:

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D. Host country governments tend to prefer TCN's to PCN's

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The content and focus of cross-cultural training programs for international assignees are contingent upon which of these factors

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E. All of the above

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All of the following are alternative forms of international assignments (to the traditional expatriation of PCN's) except

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D. Virtual assignments

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International assignees often experience "culture shock" in their host countries, characterized by high levels of stress and uncertainty. They usually experience four distinct phases of cultural adjustment described as a U-shaped curve, in the following order

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A. Honeymoon, irritation/crisis, gradual adjustment, biculturalism

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Which of the following describe the Going Rate Approach to international comensation

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D. All of the above

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All of the following are advantages of balance sheet approach to international compensations expect

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B. Equity amongst different nationalities

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Which of the following is true of the impact of individualism (IDV) on compensation

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E. None of the above

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Individuals that chose to embark on self-initiated international assignments, on average tend to have the following characteristics EXCEPT

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D. Receive repatriation promises from their employer

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Nguyen Giap, a Vietnamese logistics executive at Nike, has been transferred to the Philippines for two years, Nike will deem such international transfers successful (on completion) if it derived the following benefits

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E. All of the above

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Which is not one of the 3 distinct phases of the international assignment process

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D. The performance management stage

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