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A) usually higher than employees at the same level in the home company.
B) usually lower than employees at the same level in the home company.
C) usually within the range of the employees at the same level in the home company.
D) usually on a separate, expatriate schedule.
83) Employee compensation payments added to base salaries because of higher expenses
encountered when living abroad are considered
A) bonuses.
B) allowances.
C) perks.
D) tax exempt.
84) For cost-of-living allowances, the U.S. Department of State index is
A) considered suitable for all locations.
B) adjusted frequently.
C) based on costs in Washington, D.C.
D) equated to currency value changes.
85) ________ are paid by firms in recognition that expatriates and their families undergo
some hardships and inconveniences and make sacrifices while living abroad.
A) Bonuses
B) Allowances
C) Perks
D) Salaries
86) Contract termination payments are
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A) made to induce the employee to quit.
B) made to prevent the employee from completing the contract term.
C) frequently made for work in hardship areas.
D) made by the employee in order to return early from an expatriate assignment.
87) Sasha is an expat who is currently on home leave. This means that
A) he is recuperating from an illness.
B) his family was not allowed to travel with him on the expat assignment, so he is
visiting them.
C) his company allows periodic trips back to the home country.
D) his expat position was terminated but he will be assigned a new job at the home
office.
88) International status entitles the expatriate to
A) work for more than one international company.
B) the balance sheet approach to salary.
C) work in the host country while living in the home country.
D) all applicable allowances and bonuses for the place of residence and employment.
89) In terms of worker compensation associated with an IC, health insurance is considered
a(n)
A) perk.
B) bonus.
C) premium.
D) allowance.
90) Rinaldo is an expat working in Singapore. As part of his compensation package, a
chauffeur drives him to and from work each day. The chauffer is an example of a(n)
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A) bonus.
B) allowance.
C) wage.
D) perk.
FILL IN THE BLANK. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or
answers the question.
91) A person living outside of his or her country of citizenship is called a(n) ________.
92) The pool of available potential employees with the necessary skills within commuting
distance from an employer is referred to as the ________.
93) Due to high birthrates and a decline in the rate of infant mortality, populations in the
________ nations tend to be growing, as well as, becoming younger.
94) The movement of people from country to country or area to area to get jobs is referred to
as ________.
95) People who go to a foreign country legally to perform certain types of jobs on a
temporary basis are called ________.
96) The loss by a country of its most intelligent and best-educated people is known as
________.
97) A(n) ________ is an organization of workers, formed to advance the interest of its
members.
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98) The process in which a union represents the interests of a bargaining unit in negotiations
with management is referred to as ________.
99) The hiring and promoting of employees on the basis of the specific regional context in
which the subsidiary operates is a ________ strategy.
100) A ________ strategy relates to hiring and promoting employees based on ability and
experience without considering race or citizenship.
101) The country in which an IC has its worldwide headquarters is called the ________.
102) An employee who is a citizen of the nation in which the subsidiary is operating, which is
different from the parent company’s home nation, is known as a ________ national.
103) A ________ country national is an employee who is a citizen of neither the home or host
country.
104) A company with a primarily international strategic orientation with low pressures for cost
reduction and low pressures for local responsiveness, may adopt a(n) ________ staffing policy.
105) A company with a primarily regional strategic orientation may adopt a(n) ________
staffing policy.
106) 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 ________.
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107) In two-career families, when one member accepts a foreign assignment and the spouse
goes along, that spouse is referred to as a ________ spouse.
108) _________ refers to the return of an expatriate to his or her home country after an
assignment abroad.
109) Employee compensation payments added to base salaries to compensate for higher
expenses encountered when living abroad are considered ________.
110) ________ status entitles the expatriate employee to all the allowances and bonuses
applicable to the place of residence and employment.
ESSAY. Write your answer in the space provided or on a separate sheet of paper.
111) Describe the urbanization of the workforce. How does this affect the available
workforce?
112) Discuss labor mobility and some of the reasons workers leave their countries to work
abroad. Explain the “3-D” jobs associated with migrant labor.
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113) How do brain drain and reverse brain drain affect the home country?
114) Explain each of ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric, and geocentric approaches toward
international human resource management, including when and how each is best used.
115) Discuss components of the compensation package for employees on international
assignment.
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Answer Key
Test name: Module 14
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