Question 1

What is the long-term goal of international trade secretariats (ITSs) ?

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A)   To increase the competition between national unions
B)   To be able to bargain transnationally with multinational firms
C)   To accommodate wide variation in union structure
D)   To be able to regulate multinationals with regard to labor policiesE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Discuss the reasons why expatriate managers fail to complete their foreign assignment.Do

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Question 3

Labor unions generally prefer it if an international business keeps highly skilled tasks in its home country and farms out only low-skilled tasks to foreign plants.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following is true regarding approaches to labor relations?

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A)   International businesses use mostly similar approaches to international labor relations.
B)   The trend is toward greater decentralized control of international labor relations.
C)   Historically, most international businesses have centralized the labor relations function.
D)   Many firms are now using the threat to move production to another country in their negotiations with unions.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

A geocentric staffing policy seeks the best people for key jobs throughout the organization,regardless of nationality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A firm that adopts a polycentric approach to staffing is likely to suffer from cultural myopia.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is human resource management? Why is HRM an important strategic component?

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Human resource management refers to the ...

Question 8

When a reciprocal tax treaty is in force,the firm typically pays the expatriate's income tax in the host country.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In a seminal study,R.L.Tung found that for Japanese multinationals,the biggest impediment to expatriate success was:

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A)   the inability of the spouse to adjust.
B)   inadequate compensation.
C)   the manager's inability to cope with larger overseas responsibilities.
D)   the lack of adequate technical training.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

What is expatriate failure?

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A prominent issue in the international s...

Question 11

What is the most important advantage of using a geocentric staffing policy?

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A)   It enables the firm to build a cadre of international executives who feel at home working in a number of cultures.
B)   It may be less expensive to implement than other policies, reducing the costs of value creation.
C)   The higher pay managers on an international fast track enjoy is a source of inspiration within a firm.
D)   It reduces the need for futile and time consuming documentation.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

In the case of an ethnocentric approach,it is possible that managers may make decisions that are ethically suspect because they do not understand the culture in which they are managing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A hardship allowance is paid:

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A)   when the expatriate is being sent to a location where such basic amenities are grossly deficient by the standards of the expatriate's home country.
B)   to ensure that an expatriate's children receive adequate schooling (by home-country standards) .
C)   to ensure that the expatriate will enjoy the same standard of living in the foreign posting as at home.
D)   to ensure that the expatriate can afford the same quality of housing in the foreign country as at home.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

What is cultural toughness?

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Mendenhall and Oddou identified four dim...

Question 15

An expatriate manager is a citizen of one country who is working abroad in one of the firm's subsidiaries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a polycentric approach to staffing.

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A polycentric staffing policy requires h...

Question 17

Which dimension of Mendenhall and Oddou's study suggests that an expatriate with high self-esteem,self-confidence,and mental well-being is likely to succeed in a foreign job posing?

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A)   Self-orientation
B)   Others-orientation
C)   Cultural toughness
D)   Perceptual abilityE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

A foreign service premium is:

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A)   paid when the expatriate is being sent to a difficult location.
B)   the extra pay that an expatriate receives for working outside his or her country of origin.
C)   normally given to ensure that the expatriate can afford the same quality of housing in the foreign country as at home.
D)   paid to ensure that the expatriate enjoys the same standard of living in the foreign posting as at home.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

A(n) _____ seeks the best people for key jobs throughout the organization,regardless of nationality.

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A)   polycentric staffing policy
B)   ethnocentric staffing policy
C)   geocentric staffing policy
D)   uniform staffing policyE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Cultural toughness refers to the relationship between the country of assignment and how well an expatriate adjusts to a particular posting.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 19: Global Human Resource Management

Labor unions generally prefer it if an international business keeps highly skilled tasks in its home country and farms out only low-skilled tasks to foreign plants.

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Which of the following is true regarding approaches to labor relations?

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A hardship allowance is paid:

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Cultural toughness refers to the relationship between the country of assignment and how well an expatriate adjusts to a particular posting.

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A firm that adopts a polycentric approach to staffing is likely to suffer from cultural myopia.

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In a seminal study,R.L.Tung found that for Japanese multinationals,the biggest impediment to expatriate success was:

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In the case of an ethnocentric approach,it is possible that managers may make decisions that are ethically suspect because they do not understand the culture in which they are managing.

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