Question 1

It is believed that a firm attains higher performance when its employees are predisposed toward its value systems by their personality type.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following staffing policies is concerned with the need for a cadre of international managers that may include many different nationalities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Polycentric
B)  Geocentric
C)  Ethnocentric
D)  Regiocentric
E)  LocalizedF) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

For a firm to outperform its rivals in the global marketplace, the performance appraisal systems it uses must measure the perceptions that it wants to encourage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following functions of an international business is typically responsible for international labor relations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Public relations
B)  Human resource management
C)  Finance and accounting
D)  Legal
E)  LogisticsF) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

In terms of expatriate pay, which of the following is a characteristic of a foreign service premium?

Accepted Answer

A)  It allows a firm to pay expatriates' income tax in the host country.
B)  It ensures that expatriates' children receive adequate schooling.
C)  It helps to evaluate expatriates' performance without any unintentional bias.
D)  It ensures that expatriates are prepared for reentry into their home-country organization.
E)  It compensates expatriates for having to live in an unfamiliar country.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

The staffing policy that requires host-country nationals to be recruited to manage subsidiaries, while parent-country nationals occupy key positions at corporate headquarters, is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  geocentric.
B)  polycentric.
C)  ethnocentric.
D)  global.
E)  transnational.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 7

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

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A)  It is less expensive to implement as compared to other staffing approaches.
B)  It gives host-country nationals unlimited opportunities to gain experience outside their own country.
C)  It increases career mobility.
D)  It increases interaction between the headquarters of a firm and its foreign subsidiaries.
E)  It bridges the gap between host-country managers and parent-country managers.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

Describe any two components of a typical expatriate compensation package.

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Question 9

In the Swiss firm Terabithia Systems AG, all the important positions in its international operations are held by Swiss nationals. What is the staffing policy followed by Terabithia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Eurocentric
B)  Ethnocentric
C)  Polycentric
D)  Geocentric
E)  TransnationalF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

In the context of international labor relations, what are the concerns of organized labor?

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Question 11

In the context of international labor relations, a labor union concern arises when an international business:

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A)  keeps low-skilled tasks in its home country.
B)  signs a reciprocal tax treaty with the host country.
C)  increases the bargaining power of organized labor.
D)  faces difficulty in switching production from one location to another.
E)  attempts to import employment practices and contractual agreements from its home country.F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 12

According to the results of a seminal study by R. L. Tung, the top reason why Japanese expatriate managers fail is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the inability of their spouses to adjust.
B)  the lack of technical competence.
C)  their personal or emotional problems.
D)  the inability to cope with larger overseas responsibilities.
E)  their inability to deal with difficulties in the new environment.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

According to R. L. Tung's study, which of the following is the most important reason for expatriate failures for U.S. multinationals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Inability of spouse to adjust
B)  Difficulties with new environment
C)  Insufficient pay
D)  Personal or emotional problems
E)  Lack of technical competenceF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

What is repatriation? What is its importance?

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Question 15

Yuriko, a citizen of Japan, was working as a manager in the Japanese branch of an American firm. Due to her efficiency, she was assigned a temporary posting at the headquarters of the firm in America. In this situation, she is known as a(n) :

Accepted Answer

A)  repatriate.
B)  inpatriate.
C)  third-country national.
D)  beneficiary.
E)  parent-country national.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 16

Historically, most international businesses have centralized international labor relations activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following staffing policies is concerned with filling all key management positions by parent-country nationals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnocentric
B)  Global
C)  Polycentric
D)  Geocentric
E)  TransnationalF) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

In the 1960s, organized labor believed that by coordinating union action across countries through an international trade secretariat, it could counter the power of a multinational corporation by:

Accepted Answer

A)  threatening to disrupt production on an international scale.
B)  introducing a reciprocal tax treaty.
C)  trying to farm out highly skilled tasks back to the home country of the firm.
D)  increasing its bargaining power.
E)  lobbying for importing employment practices from the home country of the firm.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 19

A firm's failure to understand host-country cultural differences that require different approaches to marketing and management is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural parity.
B)  cultural myopia.
C)  power distance.
D)  cultural toughness.
E)  cultural polarization.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

During performance appraisals, two groups evaluate the performance of expatriate managers-host-nation managers and home-office managers. This is aimed at avoiding the problem of:

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural conflict.
B)  unintentional bias.
C)  operational errors.
D)  central tendency.
E)  culture shock.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Exam 17: Global Human Resource Management

In the 1960s, organized labor believed that by coordinating union action across countries through an international trade secretariat, it could counter the power of a multinational corporation by:

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According to R. L. Tung's study, which of the following is the most important reason for expatriate failures for U.S. multinationals?

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Which of the following staffing policies is concerned with filling all key management positions by parent-country nationals?

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For a firm to outperform its rivals in the global marketplace, the performance appraisal systems it uses must measure the perceptions that it wants to encourage.

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Yuriko, a citizen of Japan, was working as a manager in the Japanese branch of an American firm. Due to her efficiency, she was assigned a temporary posting at the headquarters of the firm in America. In this situation, she is known as a(n) :

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In terms of expatriate pay, which of the following is a characteristic of a foreign service premium?

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Which of the following functions of an international business is typically responsible for international labor relations?

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In the Swiss firm Terabithia Systems AG, all the important positions in its international operations are held by Swiss nationals. What is the staffing policy followed by Terabithia?

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In the context of international labor relations, a labor union concern arises when an international business:

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It is believed that a firm attains higher performance when its employees are predisposed toward its value systems by their personality type.

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A firm's failure to understand host-country cultural differences that require different approaches to marketing and management is referred to as:

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During performance appraisals, two groups evaluate the performance of expatriate managers-host-nation managers and home-office managers. This is aimed at avoiding the problem of:

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The staffing policy that requires host-country nationals to be recruited to manage subsidiaries, while parent-country nationals occupy key positions at corporate headquarters, is called:

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Which of the following staffing policies is concerned with the need for a cadre of international managers that may include many different nationalities?

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In the context of international labor relations, what are the concerns of organized labor?

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Historically, most international businesses have centralized international labor relations activities.

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

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What is repatriation? What is its importance?

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Describe any two components of a typical expatriate compensation package.

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According to the results of a seminal study by R. L. Tung, the top reason why Japanese expatriate managers fail is:

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