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A drawback of polycentric staffing policies is that
A regiocentric staffing policy
A geocentric staffing policy
Home-country nationals may be used in host-country management because
Training and development of potential candidates for expatriate assignments
Parent company nationals might be concerned with all of the following except
When an IC hires and trains local, host-country people, the IC often
When host-country nationals are employed
An advantage of hiring personnel who are citizens of neither the home country nor the
host country may be that all of the following except that they
The use of third-country nationals as IC executives in least developed countries (LDCs) is
a growing practice because
Generalizations about TCNs are difficult because
Before accepting a foreign posting and becoming an expatriate, an executive should do all
of the following except
According to the text, about ____ percent of medium and large companies have employees
working abroad.
According to the text, the proportion of expatriates who are women has increased to _____
percent.
According to the text, the failure rate for expatriate assignments, including failing to
achieve performance targets for an international assignment or prematurely returning from
According to the text, approximately ______ of expatriates leave their firms during the
course of their overseas assignment.
The anxiety that people often experience when they move from a familiar culture to one
that is entirely different is known as
According to the text, approximately ______ of expatriate failures are family related.
According to the text, approximately ______ of the companies surveyed required cross–
cultural training for their expats or their families.
Which of the following are true about the spouses of expatriates?
Which of the following is true about children of expatriates?
Knowledge of foreign languages
With regard to the use of women versus men for expat management assignments,
Nancy Adler’s research suggests that women
For expatriate employees, the salary portion of the compensation package is
Employee compensation payments added to base salaries because of higher expenses
encountered when living abroad are considered
For cost-of-living allowances, the U.S. State Department index
_____ are paid by firms in recognition that expatriates and their families undergo some
hardships and inconveniences and make sacrifices while living abroad.