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The Impact of Globalization on Employment

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Globalization is often referred to economic globalization, which is an integration of international economy into the national economies through trade, direct investment, capital flows, migration, spread of technology and domestically focused.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Companies that _____ tend to be more profitable, better organized, and more competitive than companies that are exclusively domestically focused.

a)

Export

b)

Invest

c)

Have shareholders.

d)

Are ethnocentric.

3.

Employers should also be concerned with health issues for Host Country Nationals

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

Factors of the external environment of global human resources management

a)

Ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric, and geocentric staffing

b)

Labor market, legal considerations, technology, competition, shareholders, unions

c)

Compensation, Employee and Labor Relations, Staffing, Safety and Health

5.

____is an employee who is a citizen of the country where the subsidiary is located. An example would be a U.S. citizen working for a Japanese company in the United States.

a)

Expatriate

b)

Third-country national (TCN)

c)

Host-country national (HCN)

6.

Employee health has deteriorated because…

a)

increase in chronic disease and lifestyle related health issues

b)

decrease in vacations

c)

increase in opportunities to grow according to their development

d)

Any of the options

7.

An aspect that has facilitated the growth of small and medium business through the attraction of consumers and sales of products to 95% of the world outside the US, except for:

a)

Internet

b)

Globalization

c)

Logistics

d)

E-commerce

8.

Bargaining Unit refer to organizations that exist to represent the interests of employees in the workplace and to ensure fair treatment when conflicts arise between one or more employees and management.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Organized labor has responded to the increased bargaining power of multinational corporations by taking three actions, which one is NOT one of them:

a)

trying to establish international labor organizations,

b)

lobbying for national legislation to restrict multinationals,

c)

achieve international regulations on payments

10.

Organized labor believed that by coordinating union action across countries through an ITS, it could counter the power of a multinational corporation by threatening to disrupt production on an international scale.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Some countries distinguish themselves from others through the widespread use of specific training models.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

_____ is typically responsible for international labor relations

a)

Human Resource

b)

Human Resource Management

c)

Organized Labor

d)

All above

13.

A firm ' s ability to integrate and consolidate its global operations to realize experience curve and location economies can be limited by _____

a)

Organized labor

b)

Globalization

c)

HR department

d)

global workforce

14.

___ play an important role in whether training initiatives are successful.

a)

Globalization

b)

Language and cultural differences

c)

Organized labor

d)

Having shareholders

15.

Refers to any kind of compensation offered to employees working abroad. It includes their salary or wages, as well as any other company benefits.

a)

Training

b)

Globalization

c)

Global Compensation

d)

Compensation

16.

Provides exceptional challenges compared to home-country employment, such as developing packages that are reasonably cost-effective while still attractive and motivating

a)

Expatriate Compensation

b)

Globalization

c)

host-country national

d)

HR practice