When all the important jobs at the foreign subsidiary are held by PCNs, then the MNC is using a ________________ philosophy.

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Ethnocentric philosophy means that the MNC tends to hire and promote employees from the home country to occupy key positions in foreign subsidiaries. Therefore, when all the important jobs at the foreign subsidiary are held by PCNs, it is an ethnocentric approach. Geocentric philosophy aims to hire and promote based on merit regardless of nationality, polycentric philosophy aims to hire and promote locals in the foreign subsidiary, and regiocentric philosophy aims to hire and promote based on regional considerations.

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