U.S. employers have most likely experienced an increase in successful expatriate assignments in the last two decades because they have ________.
A)focused on job performance as the main selection criteria
B)increased the number of selection criteria for global assignees
C)provided global assignees with local managers to serve as mentors
D)allowed HR managers to have more control of the global hiring process

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B)Traditional expatriate selection focused on job performance in the home country. However, in recent decades, U.S. firms have increased the number of selection criteria used to choose global assignees. Employers now regularly use selection criteria such as technical/professional skills, expatriates' willingness to go, experience in the country, personality factors (including flexibility), leadership skills, the ability to work with teams, and previous performance appraisals in the selection process.

US Employers Have Most Likely Experienced an Increase in Successful