Keiko, an Executive Recruiter at Multinational Corporation Magellan Industries, Is

Keiko, an executive recruiter at multinational corporation Magellan Industries, is interviewing candidates to head up the company's new manufacturing division in Seoul. The selected candidate will be expected to move to Seoul for two years. Niko, who majored in International Management, is 24, single, and has been with the company for five years. He can be loud and overconfident but is smart and open to feedback. Vashti is 29 and is married to Brian, a Korean American manager in a different division of Magellan. She has been with the company less than a year. Qasim is 38, has been with the company for 11 years, and his wife owns a successful small business in their town. Keiko needs to narrow the list down to two. Who should she eliminate, based on the factors that lead to failure in overseas assignments?

A) Vashti, because studies show that women are more likely than men to experience dissatisfaction with overseas assignments
B) Qasim, because international managers who are under 35 tend to be more flexible and adaptable to the stresses of expatriation
C) Niko, because studies have shown that quiet, thoughtful, mature people are most successful at adapting to expatriate life
D) Vashti, because she has not been with the company long enough to be able to communicate its goals in an international setting
E) Qasim, because his wife will have to give up her business, raising the likelihood that she will feel dissatisfied with the move