IHRM

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

• host country national

• foreign manager

• expatriate manager

• foreign manager

Which of the following is true of cultural training?

• it should be provided only to the expatriate

• if time is a factor, training can be limited to a study of language and business practices

• it helps the expatriate appreciate the host country culture

• it can be offered to the spouse/family after it is clear the foreign posting is a success

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

• repatriation

• expatriate failure

• foreign manager failure

• inpatriate failure

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

• ethnocentric

• polycentric

• transcentric

• geocentric

An ethnocentric staffing policy is __________.

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

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

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

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

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

• staffing policy

• organizational behavior

• management selection

• human resource management

Expatriate managers who are citizens of the country where the multinational corporation is headquartered.

• Home country nationals

• Host country nationals

• Third country nationals

• None of the above

What is a reason(s) for using home-country nationals?

• Provide the company’s more promising managers with international experience to equip them better for more responsible positions

• Provide technical expertise and start up operations.

• The need to maintain and facilitate organizational coordination and control

• All are correct

The term "expat" means "out of the country" and refers to PCN and TCN.

• 
  True

• 
  

  False

• Why should i know

• 
  Don't know

Which is not a drawback of using PCN?

• Little development of HCNs

• Less firm-wide coordination

• 
  PCN/family adaptation problems

• Costly to relocate family