CHAP 1-5 BEAT THE CLOCK

An international student that goes to work for an MNE in the country where she is studying is a

• not enough information

• TCN

• HCN

• PCN

If a person goes to work for a foreign-based MNE in the country he was born, then he is a

• PCN

• not enough information

• HCN

• TCN

What type of expatriate is an MNE most likely to have if it is starting to go international after many years of domestic market bliss?

• not enough information

• HCN

• TCN

• PCN

New behaviors and customs can cause expatriates to become psychologically disoriented. They are experiencing

• negative host country feelings

• global mindset

• culture shock

• Laurent’s first step to true IHRM

An MNE is this kind of industry when its competitive position in one country is significantly influenced by its position in other countries.

• multidomestic

• international

• global

• networked

The index of transnationality is an indication of an MNE’s

• foreign to total assets ratio

• reliance on home market

• all of the above

• foreign to total employment ratio

Which of these do NOT moderate differences between domestic HRM and IHRM?

• inherent complexity of IHRM

• cultural context of IHRM

• transnationality index

• differences in employee productivity

“What you do, where you do it, and with who” is a nice way to remember

• Stahl-Björkman-Morris definition of IHRM

• Morgan’s 3-D definition of IHRM

• different IHRM approaches

• three IHRM employee types

Which of the following is NOT a distinctively IHRM activity?

• language translation

• recruitment and selection

• international taxation

• international relocation

“MNEs become more alike as they discover universal HRM best practices” is an example of

• the convergence hypothesis

• the divergence hypothesis

• a Laurent step to true IHRM

• None of these