Question 1

Unless a host country has a reciprocal tax treaty with the expatriate's home country, an expatriate must pay income tax to both the home- and host-country governments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which group was established by organized labor in the 1960s to provide worldwide links for national unions in particular industries?

Accepted Answer

A)   HR watchdog groups
B)   international trade secretariats
C)   unorganized labor organizations
D)   international orientation resources
E)   reciprocal tax treatiesF) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

According to Mendenhall and Oddou's dimensions that predict success in a foreign posting, an individual exhibiting an others-orientation would

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A)   be able to only use the home-country language.
B)   display low self-esteem.
C)   be more focused on self.
D)   be unable to adjust to a foreign posting.
E)   have the ability to interact with host-country nationals.F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

According to the results of a seminal study by R. L. Tung, what was the major reason for expatriate failure among European expatriates?

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A)   personal or emotional problems
B)   inability to cope with overseas responsibilities
C)   poor pay
D)   inability of spouse to adjust to a new environment
E)   lack of technical competenceF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Unintentional bias makes it easy to evaluate the performance of expatriate managers objectively.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In terms of expatriate pay, what is a characteristic of a foreign service premium?

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A)   It ensures that expatriates' children receive adequate schooling.
B)   It helps to evaluate expatriates' performance without any unintentional bias.
C)   It ensures that expatriates are prepared for reentry into their home-country organization.
D)   It is paid as a percentage of base salary, with 16 percent being the average premium.
E)   It allows a firm to pay expatriates' income tax in the host country.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

Thermal-Core, a United States-based company, is clear-cut in its human resources policy with regard to international expansion. While U.S. nationals staff key positions at its Tampa, Florida, headquarters, it recruits locals to manage subsidiaries in each country that it goes into. Thermal-Core's staffing policy is

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A)   geocentric.
B)   polycentric.
C)   ethnocentric.
D)   global.
E)   transnational.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

An expatriate manager is a citizen of one country who is working in the home country while managing the firm's foreign subsidiaries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Patrice doesn't know if she can adjust to the poor health care, lower housing standards, and inhospitable climate in the foreign country where she has recently been assigned. Which of Mendenhall and Oddou's four dimensions that predict success in a foreign posting does Patrice need to acquire?

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A)   perceptual ability
B)   cultural toughness
C)   self-orientation
D)   others-orientation
E)   self-confidenceF) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

Expatriate failure refers to

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A)   the premature return of an expatriate manager to his or her home country.
B)   the demise of a foreign direct investment opportunity.
C)   the return of exported goods due to damage from transport.
D)   the emotional transition all expatriates go through.
E)   a lack of technical competence among foreign nationals.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

A concern of organized labor is that an international business will farm out highly skilled tasks to foreign plants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

According to a study by R. L. Tung, the most indicated reason for expatriate failure among U.S. multinationals was difficulty coping with a new environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

One concern of organized labor is that an international business

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

Question 15

Haruto Kawa, a Japanese citizen who works for Shin-Ro Corp. in Japan, has been asked to head the company's sales office in the United States. Upon taking the assignment, Haruto will be a(n)  ________ manager.

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A)   repatriate
B)   host-country
C)   inpatriate
D)   expatriate
E)   virtualF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

Kanga-Kicks, Inc. is an Australian multinational company with operations in 15 countries around the world. It is the company's policy to staff all the key positions in foreign operations with Australian managers. What type of staffing policy does the company use?

Accepted Answer

A)   ethnocentric
B)   global
C)   polycentric
D)   geocentric
E)   transnationalF) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 17

Describe human resource management.

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Question 18

An expatriate's base salary is normally lower than the base salary for a similar position in the home country.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What staffing policy is concerned with filling all key management positions by parent-country nationals?

Accepted Answer

A)   ethnocentric
B)   global
C)   polycentric
D)   geocentric
E)   transnationalF) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 20

Companies use ________ to build a manager's skills over his or her career with a firm.

Accepted Answer

A)   ethnocentrism
B)   cultural toughness
C)   total quality management
D)   management development
E)   organizational normsF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Exam 17: Global Human Resource Management

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An expatriate manager is a citizen of one country who is working in the home country while managing the firm's foreign subsidiaries.

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Unless a host country has a reciprocal tax treaty with the expatriate's home country, an expatriate must pay income tax to both the home- and host-country governments.

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What staffing policy is concerned with filling all key management positions by parent-country nationals?

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