Deck 7: International Training, Development and Careers

Question 1

Which of the following are factors influencing repatriate adjustment?

A) career anxiety
B) work adjustment
C) family adjustment
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The self-directed career with continuous learning encouraged by repatriation without job security

A) boundaryless career
B) protean career
C) international cadre
D) international itinerant

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following knowledge and skills acquired during an international assignment is most beneficial to the repatriate?

A) market specific knowledge
B) intercultural skills, self-confidence
C) network knowledge
D) general management capacity

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Issues of personal safety have created the need for this kind of expatriate training.

A) sensitivity
B) critical incidents
C) security briefings
D) stress reduction

Question 5

A highly qualified mobile professional builds his or her career competencies and labor market value through transfers across boundaries

A) boundaryless career
B) free agent
C) international itinerant
D) boundaryless itinerant

Question 6

Consider missionaries as expatriates with somewhat longer than traditional international assignments. Their cross-cultural training approach would most likely be

A) information-giving
B) affective
C) immersion
D) mentor

Question 7

Difficulties in re-entering the workforce depending on all EXCEPT which of the following?

A) age and gender
B) religious orientation
C) occupation
D) length of time abroad

Question 8

Which of these training methods emphasizes the affective approach to cross-cultural training?

A) lectures, movies, books
B) role-playing
C) surface level language training
D) simulations

Question 9

One solution to ease reverse culture shock is

A) mentors
B) critical incidents
C) security briefings
D) simulations

Question 10

According to the 2015 Brookfield Report, the most common form of spouse assistance on assignment is

A) job assistance
B) stress reduction
C) language training
D) sensitivity

Question 11

Which of these training methods emphasizes the immersion approach to cross-cultural training?

A) use of interpreters
B) critical incidents
C) extensive language training
D) case studies

Question 12

Expatriate trailing partners that _____ while on assignment, _____.

A) couldn't work, became quite distressed
B) did not learn the local language, developed more local friends
C) couldn't nurture their personal networks, had less career anxiety
D) ate parent-country food, saved money

Question 13

Which of these training methods emphasizes the information-giving approach to cross-cultural training?

A) preliminary visits
B) critical incidents
C) extensive language training
D) lectures, movies, or books

Question 14

The increasing number of MNEs with their own 'university' or 'school' is a reflection of the importance of

A) the human resource
B) MNE marketing
C) knowledge transfer
D) internal structure

Question 15

Which of these is NOT a job-related factor influencing repatriate adjustment?

A) loss of visibility and isolation
B) family adjustment
C) no post-assignment guarantee
D) devaluing of the international experience

Question 16

A ___ culture and a ___ level of expected interaction would require the shortest, and least rigorous amount of cross-cultural training.

A) similar, low
B) similar, high
C) novel, high
D) novel, low

Question 17

Which are the two main motivators for accepting an international assignment?

A) the resulting job security and the challenge
B) the challenge and career advancement
C) career advancement and financial gain
D) financial gain and the resulting job security

Question 18

A ___ culture and a ___ level of expected interaction would require the longest and most rigorous amount of cross-cultural training.

A) similar, low
B) similar, high
C) novel, high
D) novel, low

Question 19

Reason why repatriate knowledge may be underused

A) trend towards not providing post-assignment position guarantee
B) MNEs accept loss of experience, knowledge, and competence when expatriate returns
C) Firms are unaware of the benefits of the international assignment to both the firm and individual
D) all of the above