Generalizations about TCNs are difficult because
A) the IC usually does not know enough about their backgrounds.
B) the geocentric staffing policy prohibits these generalizations.
C) the use of TCNs is a new phenomenon and we don't know much about them yet.
D) people achieve the TCN status in different ways.

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We must be careful with generalizations about third-country personnel, partly because people achieve that status in different ways. They may be foreigners hired in the home country and sent to a host-country subsidiary either because they have had previous experience there or because that country's culture is similar to their own. Third-country nationals may have originally been home-country personnel who were sent abroad and became dissatisfied with the job but not with the host country. After leaving the firm that sent them abroad, they take positions with subsidiaries of multinationals from different home countries. Another way in which TCNs can be created is by promotion within an IC.

Generalizations About TCNs Are Difficult Because