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134.
A company with a primarily international strategic orientation may adopt a(n) ______
staffing policy.
135.
A company with a primarily multidomestic strategic orientation may adopt a(n) ______
staffing policy.
136.
A disadvantage of hiring local managers is that they are often ______ with the home
country of the IC and with its corporate culture, policies, and practices.
137.
A company with a primarily regional strategic orientation may adopt a(n) ______ staffing
policy.
138.
A company with a primarily transnational strategic orientation may adopt a(n) ______
staffing policy.
139.
If the company is likely to send parent country nationals (PCNs) abroad, then prior to
going abroad, the company will frequently encourage the PCNs to study the ______ and
______ of the country to which they may go.
140.
As multinationals increasingly take the geocentric view toward promoting (according to
ability and not nationality), we are certain to see greater use of ____________ nationals.
141.
Employees hired in the host country are sometimes called ______.
142.
Some of the international positions, especially those that deal with addressing a specific
technical problem or transferring specialized knowledge, will be staffed with home- or
third-country employees who are on short-term assignments and these employees are
sometimes called ______.
143.
Companies are sending expats to a broader range of countries than ever before, and
surveys suggest that the average age of expats is ______.
144.
The anxiety people often experience when they move from a culture with which they are
familiar to one that is entirely different is known as ____________.
145.
It has been suggested that as many as 9 out of 10 expatriate failures are related to
__________.
146.
When in two-career families, one accepts a foreign assignment and the spouse goes
along, that spouse is referred to as a ______ spouse.
147.
________ refers to the return of an expatriate to his or her home country after an
assignment abroad.
148.
Employee compensation payments added to base salaries because of higher expenses
encountered when living abroad are considered ________.
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149.
_______, unlike allowances, are paid by firms in recognition that expatriates and their
families undergo some hardships and inconveniences and make sacrifices while living
abroad.
150.
__________ status entitles the expatriate employee to all the allowances and bonuses
applicable to the place of residence and employment.
Essay Questions
151.
What are guest workers and why do some nations have them?
152.
Discuss the reasons some workers leave their countries to work abroad.
153.
How do brain drain and reverse brain drain affect the home country?
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154.
Explain each of ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric, and geocentric approaches toward
international human resource management, including when and how each is best used.
155.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of employing third-country managers.
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156.
What are the primary opportunities and challenges associated with expatriate positions?
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157.
What challenges often confront the spouses of expatriates, and what options are available
for managing these challenges?
158.
Please provide an overview of the major issues a compensation package for expatriates
should address.
