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Part 1
Question 1
4 out of 4 points
“Independents” are defined in the text as:
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Question 2
0 out of 4 points
Employees on oil rigs would usually be classified as which non-standard assignment?
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Question 3
4 out of 4 points
The selection process of an expatriate places a heavy reliance on:
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Question 4
4 out of 4 points
Recruitment is defined as:
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Question 5
4 out of 4 points
The culture adjustment process in an international assignment can be characterized by:
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Question 6
4 out of 4 points
A major barrier to the selection of female expatriates was found to be:
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Question 7
4 out of 4 points
How is “expatriate failure” usually defined?
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Question 8
4 out of 4 points
Ethnocentric organizations are best characterized by:
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Question 9
4 out of 4 points
According to Hays, the “trouble shooter” is:
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Question 10
4 out of 4 points
The transfer of the individual and accompanying family member into a foreign environment outside of their normal cultural comfort zones is the definition of:
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Question 11
4 out of 4 points
What tool assists an organization in collecting accurate performance data and allows for cross-employee comparisons?
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Question 12
4 out of 4 points
Market development in foreign subsidiaries is generally slower and more difficult to achieve without:
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Question 13
4 out of 4 points
A USA manager of German nationality working for a Dutch multinational company is assigned to a position in Indonesia. Which country is considered the host country?
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Question 14
4 out of 4 points
Individuals are likely to blame lack of job discretion on the following:
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Question 15
4 out of 4 points
Two countries in which it is common for employees to have input into job goal setting is:
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Question 16
4 out of 4 points
A major challenge to global performance management is:
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Question 17
4 out of 4 points
Boundaryless careerists are:
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Question 18
4 out of 4 points
The components of a pre-departure training referred to as “practical assistance”:
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Question 19
4 out of 4 points
The employee who trains the HCN is usually:
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Question 20
4 out of 4 points
The “affective approach” to training partially consists of:
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Question 21
4 out of 4 points
Which language is considered the language of World Business?
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Question 22
4 out of 4 points
Disregarding the importance of foreign language skills may reflect ___________ assumptions.
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Question 23
4 out of 4 points
Training and development is a critical component of an international assignee because:
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Question 24
4 out of 4 points
One technique useful in orienting any international employee is a/an:
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Question 25
4 out of 4 points
A multinational builds it stock of human resources or human capital by:
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Final Exam Part 2
Question 1
4 out of 4 points
National and regional differences in the meaning, practice, and tradition of pay:
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Question 2
0 out of 4 points
“Globals” are:
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Question 3
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following involves a payment to compensate for differences in expenditures between the home country and the foreign country?
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Question 4
4 out of 4 points
The provision of a housing allowance:
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Question 5
4 out of 4 points
Pay strategy may be defined in terms of a series of interlocking strategic choices on:
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Question 6
4 out of 4 points
An advantage of the Going Rate Approach is that:
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Question 7
4 out of 4 points
International compensation is:
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Question 8
4 out of 4 points
The purpose of home leave allowances is to:
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Question 9
4 out of 4 points
International compensation is characterized by:
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Question 10
4 out of 4 points
Influencing wage levels to the extent that cost structures become uncompetitive is:
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Question 11
4 out of 4 points
A multinational firm usually delegates the management of industrial relations to:
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Question 12
4 out of 4 points
International trade secretariats (ITS):
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Question 13
4 out of 4 points
International call-centers are an example of:
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Question 14
0 out of 4 points
McDonald- company policy is to staff its restaurants with:
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Question 15
4 out of 4 points
Ex-host-country nationals ( EHCN) is
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Question 16
4 out of 4 points
Which country has the highest level of union membership?
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Question 17
4 out of 4 points
Poor subsidiary performance tends to:
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Question 18
0 out of 4 points
What does stabilizing risk through “harden” processes in the value chain mean?
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Question 19
0 out of 4 points
A typical short-term assignment in IHRM is a:
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Question 20
4 out of 4 points
What would be considered a NGO?
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Question 21
4 out of 4 points
The countries perceived to be the least corrupt are:
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Question 22
4 out of 4 points
Which country lobbied for many years to enact uniform domestic government regulations concerning bribery and corruption in the MNE environment?
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Question 23
0 out of 4 points
IHRMs have largely ignored the non-government organizations because:
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Question 24
0 out of 4 points
It is generally agreed internationally that the one thing that can most readily undermine equity, efficiency and integrity in the public service, undercut public confidence in markets, add cost to products and affects the safety and well-being of the general public is:
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Question 25
4 out of 4 points
Activities to secure internal communications (emails, telephone) and employee privacy regulations would fall under which risk assessment category?
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