Introduction to International HRM

A citizen of one country who is working abroad in one of the firm’s subsidiaries is known as a(n)

• A) subsidiary manager

• B) host country national

• C) expatriate manager

• D) foreign manager

A firm that is trying to create value by emphasizing local responsiveness is probably following a _______ strategy.

• A) global standardization

• B) localization

• C) transnational

• D) international

The process of selecting employees for particular jobs is referred to as

• A) human resource management

• B) staffing policy

• C) management selection

• D) organizational behavior

Which of the following is not a type of staffing policy in international business?

• A) the transcentric approach

• B) the ethnocentric approach

• C) the polycentric approach

• D) the geocentric approach

An ethnocentric staffing policy is __________.

• A) one in which all key management positions are filled by parent company nationals

• B) one in which host-country nationals are recruited to manage subsidiaries while parent-company nationals occupy key positions at corporate headquarters

• C) one in which the best people, regardless of nationality, are recruited to fill key positions throughout the organization

• D) one in which corporate bureaucracy overwhelms the system leaving key positions to be filled in a haphazard manner

A firm following a geocentric approach to staffing will pursue a system

• A) in which all key management positions are filled by parent company nationals

• B) in which host-country nationals are recruited to manage subsidiaries while parent-company nationals occupy key positions at corporate headquarters

• C) in which the best people, regardless of nationality, are recruited to fill key positions throughout the organization

• D) in which corporate bureaucracy overwhelms the system leaving key positions to be filled in a haphazard manner

Which of the following does not correctly match an international business strategy with its methodology?

• A. global, create value by realizing experience curve and location economies

• B. international, create value by transferring core competencies overseas

• C. multidomestic, create value by emphasizing local responsiveness

• D. transnational, create value by operating in as many foreign countries as possible

A firm that is trying to maintain a unified corporate culture will pursue a ______ staffing policy.

• A) geocentric

• B) transcentric

• C) ethnocentric

• D) polycentric

The premature return of an expatriate manager to his or her home country is known as

• A) repatriation

• B) expatriate failure

• C) inpatriate failure

• D) foreign manager failure

Among Japanese companies, the most commonly cited reason for expatriate failure is

• A) the inability of the spouse to adjust

• B) the manager’s inability to adjust

• C) the manager’s personal or emotional maturity

• D) the manager’s inability to cope with larger overseas responsibilities