HRM Recap Lecture 10-11

Which of the following is NOT true about ‘corporate expatriate’?

a. Time exposure (the length of international work) is long term.
b. The expatriates have moderately intensive international contact.
c. Employees who relocate to another country without
organizational support
d. The expatriates are likely to be staying legally in their host country.
Which is NOT training techniques in expatriation adjustment process?
a. Culture assimilators
b. Language training
c. Leader training
d. Field experiences

When staffing global operations, which is cost-effective?

a. Parent-Country Nationals (PCNs)
b. Host-Country Nationals (HCNs)

Which is NOT a criteria for selecting organizational assignees?

a. Technical competence
b. Leadership qualities
c. Family situation
d. Age

Most of the manager and family members grow to accept and appreciate
local people and practices and are able to function effectively in two
cultures
a. True
b. False
The four stages of cultural shock is Honeymoon, irritation and hostility,
gradual adjustment and biculturalism. This is the final stage which is
biculturalism, and most of the expatriates never get to this stage.
Which is not the symptoms of culture shock?
a. Irriation-from mild to panic and crisis
b. Stress within the family
c. Tourist feeling
d. Managers quiting and returning home prematurely
Tourist feeling is when the employee has positive attitude and excitement,
which happens at the first stage of cultural adjustment, but it is not a
symptom of cultural shock.
What are the benefits of overseas assignments?
a. Being able to manage a workforce with cultural and subcultural
differences
b. Being more flexible in dealing with people and systems
c. Being more open-minded about alternative methods for solving
problems
d. All of the above

What is not a challenge in managing virtual global teams?

a. Poor communication
b. Misunderstanding
c. High cost
d. Difficulty to build trust

Video Conferences are useful when information sharing

a. True
b. False

Which one is NOT an approach type?

a. Host Approach
b. Home Approach
c. Base Approach
d. They are all correct

Explanation:
There is the Host country Approach, home country Approach also
known as balance sheet approach, and the global market approach.
There is no Base Country Approach.

The Host Country approach pays the expatriate the going rate for similar
positions in the host country, plus whatever allowances and benefits for
the assignment that the manager negotiates.

a. True
b. False

Are international assignes satisfied with their salary? (What is more likely?)
a. Yes
b. No