Question 1

A company with a primarily multidomestic strategic orientation may adopt a(n)______ staffing policy.

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Question 2

Two competing forces-the pressure to achieve ____________ and reduce costs and the pressure to respond to ____________-determine which of four alternative competitive strategies (home replication,multidomestic,global,or transnational)a company should adopt.

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Question 3

__________ relates to hiring and promoting employees on the basis of ability and experience without considering race or citizenship.

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Question 4

As multinationals increasingly take the geocentric view toward promoting (according to ability and not nationality),we are certain to see greater use of ____________ nationals.

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Question 5

A staffing policy that involves hiring and promoting employees on the basis of the parent company's home-country frame of reference is ___________________.

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Question 6

For the past four decades,there has been a ______ in the number of union members in most of the developed countries.

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Question 7

Employees who are citizens of the home country are called home __________.

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Question 8

If the company is likely to send parent country nationals (PCNs)abroad,then prior to going abroad,the company will frequently encourage the PCNs to study the ______ and ______ of the country to which they may go.

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Question 9

The hiring and promoting of employees on the basis of the specific regional context in which the subsidiary operates is _____________.

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Question 10

A company with a primarily international strategic orientation may adopt a(n)______ staffing policy.

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Question 11

A disadvantage of hiring local managers is that they are often ______ with the home country of the IC and with its corporate culture,policies,and practices.

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Question 12

The country in which an IC has its worldwide headquarters is called the ____________________.

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Question 13

Subsidiaries of the IC are often located in countries other than the home country.The country where the subsidiaries are located is referred to as the ____________________.

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Question 14

______________ is related to hiring and promoting employees on the basis of the specific local context in which the subsidiary operates.

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Question 15

In contrast to the adversarial relationship usually found between unions and management in Europe and the United States,______ unions tend to identify strongly with the interests of the company.

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Question 16

A __________ country national is an employee who is a citizen of neither the home or host country.

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Question 17

A company with a primarily regional strategic orientation may adopt a(n)______ staffing policy.

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Question 18

The process in which a union represents the interests of a bargaining unit in negotiations with management is referred to as ____________________.

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Question 19

A company with a primarily transnational strategic orientation may adopt a(n)______ staffing policy.

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Question 20

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.

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Quiz 14: Managing Human Resources in an International Context