Chapter 3

Only speaking one language is one sign that a nation suffers from ________.

• parochialism

• ethnocentrism

• polycentrism

• geocentrism

Parochialism is a tendency to ________.

• think highly of the foreign country in which the organization is doing business

• focus on best approaches and people from around the globe

• view the world solely through one's own eyes and perspectives

• let employees in the host country figure out how best to do things

Bill Sanderson, a manager in a manufacturing firm in New York has a tendency to view the world only through his U.S.-based perspective. What can be deduced about his attitude?

• He has an elitist attitude.

• He has a polycentric attitude.

• He has a parochialistic attitude.

• He has a geocentric attitude.

While talking with her advisor at the university, Jane deduces that she has a(n) ________ attitude, as she has never traveled abroad and relates well only to people from her home country.

• regiocentric

• polycentric

• ethnocentric

• geocentric

An ethnocentric attitude ________.

• prompts managers to have a global view and look for the best approaches and people regardless of origin

• is the belief that the home country has the best work approaches and practices

• is the view that employees in the host country know the best work approaches and practices

• gives a manager a much broader understanding of what it takes to manage in a global environment

Melanie joins an international student association in order to better understand the views of students from other countries. She is trying to become more ________ in her attitude.

• parochialistic

• polycentric

• ethnocentric

• geocentric

A manager who wishes to be successful in international business should avoid a(n) ________ attitude.

• multicultural

• multiracial

• ethnocentric

• geocentric

A(n) ________ attitude is characterized by parochialism.

• geocentric

• acculturated

• multilinguistic

• ethnocentric

Managers with a(n) ________ attitude view every foreign operation as different and hard to understand.

• geocentric

• polycentric

• ethnocentric

• regiocentric

Samanex Corporation maintains production facilities in 13 different countries on three continents. Each facility is managed by a native of the country where it is located. This practice is indicative of a(n) ________ attitude.

• ethnocentric

• geocentric

• polycentric

• multicentric