Betsy, the vice president of sales for an international organization, believes that employees in her foreign offices understand best how to handle the personnel and practices in their offices. So when the corporate HR manager approached Betsy about reprimanding Francois, a native Parisian who is the Paris office manager, for not doing things according to corporate policy, Betsy backed Francois and said, "I believe that the home office should leave Francois alone because he best understands the local culture." Betsy is a(n) ________ manager.

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Polycentric managers take the view that native managers in the foreign offices best understand native personnel and practices, and so the home office should leave them alone.

Betsy, the Vice President of Sales for an International Organization