Question 1

Briefly describe how national differences in compensation can affect an international business.
Substantial differences exist in the compensation of executives at the same level in various countries. These differences raise the question: Should the firm pay executives in different countries according to the prevailing standards in each country, or should it equalize pay on a global basis?

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The problem does not arise in firms purs...

Question 2

According to Mendenhall and Oddou's dimensions that predict success in a foreign posting, relationship development refers to:

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A)  an expatriate's willingness to use the host-country language.
B)  the ability to understand why people of other countries behave the way they do.
C)  the ability to empathize with foreign nationals.
D)  the relationship between the country of assignment and how well an expatriate adjusts to a particular posting.
E)  the ability to develop long-lasting friendships with host-country nationals.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Organized labor responds to the increased bargaining power of multinational corporations by trying to:

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A)  impose regulations on multinationals through organizations such as GATT.
B)  achieve international regulations on multinationals through the United Nations.
C)  establish regional boards.
D)  lobby multinational corporations to restrict their global reach to three or fewer foreign countries.
E)  develop a local trade forum.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

For international firms, an ethnocentric staffing approach is compatible with a localization strategy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following staffing approaches limits career mobility and isolates headquarters from foreign subsidiaries?

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A)  Polycentric
B)  Transnational
C)  Geocentric
D)  Ethnocentric
E)  GlobalF) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following is an additional and difficult dimension to the long-standing problem of expatriate failure due to the inability of the spouse to adjust?

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A)  Formal training
B)  Dual-career families
C)  Cultural diversity
D)  Single parenting
E)  Cultural toughnessF) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 7

Which of the following is an advantage of adopting a geocentric staffing approach?

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A)  It tends to reduce cultural myopia and enhance local responsiveness.
B)  It is inexpensive to implement.
C)  It reduces the costs of value creation.
D)  It allows all key management positions of a firm and its subsidiaries to be filled by parent-country nationals.
E)  It requires minimal documentation for hiring foreign nationals.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

According to Mendenhall and Oddou, which of the following dimensions refers to the relationship between the country of assignment and how well an expatriate adjusts to a particular posting?

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A)  Self-orientation
B)  Perceptual ability
C)  Cultural toughness
D)  Others-orientation
E)  Willingness to communicateF) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 9

Amanda, an American manager, is successfully adjusting in a country where the culture is extremely male-dominated. According to Mendenhall and Oddou, which of the following dimensions that predict success in foreign postings is involved in this situation?

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A)  Perceptual ability
B)  Others-orientation
C)  Cultural toughness
D)  Self-orientation
E)  EmpathyF) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

What is expatriate failure? According to Tung's survey, what are the different reasons for expatriate failure in U.S. multinationals?

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Question 11

In the context of international labor relations, which of the following is a concern of organized labor?

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A)  An international business increases the bargaining power of organized labor.
B)  An international business keeps highly skilled tasks in its home country and farms out only low-skilled tasks to foreign plants.
C)  An international business faces difficulty in switching production from one location to another.
D)  An international business does not import employment practices and contractual agreements from its home country.
E)  An international business signs a reciprocal tax treaty with the host country.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

According to Mendenhall and Oddou, expatriate managers who tend to treat foreign nationals as if they were home-country nationals lack the dimension of:

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A)  cultural toughness.
B)  self-orientation.
C)  others-orientation.
D)  perceptual ability.
E)  willingness to communicate.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

In the context of international labor relations, which of the following is true of organized labor?

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A)  It supports the pursuit of a transnational standardization strategy.
B)  It supports the pursuit of a global standardization strategy.
C)  It increases unintentional bias in evaluating the performance of expatriate managers.
D)  It limits a firm's ability to integrate and consolidate its global operations.
E)  It reduces a firm's ability to understand host-country cultural differences that require different approaches to marketing.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

Describe human resource management.

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Question 15

The fact that many countries want foreign subsidiaries to employ their citizens limits a firm's ability to pursue a geocentric policy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

How is a geocentric staffing policy beneficial to a firm?

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A)  It requires the firm to provide little or no documentation to hire a foreign national.
B)  It is inexpensive to implement.
C)  It helps the firm follow a localization strategy.
D)  It allows all key management positions to be filled by parent-country nationals.
E)  It enables the firm to make the best use of its human resources.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

Which of the following staffing policies has the drawback of forming a gap between host-country managers and parent-country managers?

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A)  Global
B)  Geocentric
C)  Polycentric
D)  Ethnocentric
E)  TransnationalF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 18

Which of the following strategies is pursued by international businesses that use management development for a strong unifying corporate culture and informal management networks to assist in coordination and control?

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A)  Localization
B)  International
C)  Transnational
D)  Global standardization
E)  EthnocentricF) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

According to Mendenhall and Oddou, which of the following provides an expatriate the ability to understand why people of other countries behave the way they do?

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A)  Cultural toughness
B)  Perceptual ability
C)  Self-orientation
D)  Others-orientation
E)  Willingness to communicateF) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 20

Which of the staffing policies requires all the expatriates to be home-country nationals who are transferred abroad?

Accepted Answer

A)  Geocentric
B)  Ethnocentric
C)  Polycentric
D)  International
E)  DomesticF) A) and C)
G) None of the above

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