Manpower for International Business

A polycentric staffing policy is seen as the best way to maintain a unified corporate culture.

• True

• False

A disadvantage of an ethnocentric staffing policy is that it produces resentment in host-country nationals.

• True

• False

Megan, a U.S. citizen, is the operations manager at the Middle East office of an American firm. She is an example of a(n):

• immigrant manager

• expatriate manager

• virtual manager

• host country manager

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

• Global

• Polycentric

• Ethnocentric

• Geocentric

The staffing policy that requires host-country nationals to be recruited to manage subsidiaries is called

• geocentric

• polycentric

• ethnocentric

• global

Which of the following staffing policies seeks the best people for key jobs, regardless of nationality?

• Global

• Ethnocentric

• Geocentric

• Polycentric

Most countries require extensive documentation if they wish to hire a foreign national. Which of the following approaches is most likely to be affected by this?

• Geocentric

• regiocentric

• Polycentric

• Local

According to most studies, which is the most important reason for expatriate failures for U.S. multinationals?

• Inability of spouse to adjust

• Insufficient pay

• Lack of technical competence

• Personal or emotional problems

Which of the following traits are important in selecting staff for overseas assignments?

• Cultural toughness

• Perceptual ability

• Others-orientation

• Willingness to communicate

• All of the above

Which of the following is the most common approach to expatriate pay, so employees can enjoy the same living standard in their foreign posting that they enjoyed at home? ______approach

• Merit

• Correspondence

• Balance Sheet

• Parity