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Question 41

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Today,which of the following circumstances is LEAST likely to cause expatriate failure?

A) inability of the expatriate's family to adjust
B) resistance from the expatriate's partner
C) inadequate technical expertise
D) inability to adjust

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Apex Enterprises,an MNE based in the U.S.,is spending too much money on expatriate assignments.Which of the following methods would LEAST likely help Apex reduce expatriate costs?

A) offering cross-border commuter assignments
B) designing more short-term projects
C) establishing a localization policy
D) expanding core competencies

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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What are the current trends in expatriate allowances? What are the reasons for these changes?

Which of the following is a characteristic of India that discourages MNE investment?

Today,most expatriate assignments are for ________.

Companies around the world typically find it easy to locate a number of executives able and willing to run foreign operations.

What are the differences between ethnocentric,polycentric,and geocentric frameworks?

A growing number of MNEs are increasing expatriate allowances to entice employees to move overseas.

How do MNEs benefit from superior international HRM especially when filling expatriate positions? What costs do MNEs face when expatriate assignments are unsuccessful?

Upon selection of an executive for an expatriate posting,the most common predeparture training involves a range of instructive profiles of major aspects of the host country.

Companies often face problems repatriating executives from foreign assignments to the home nation due to which of the following?

A polycentric staffing policy is well matched with a transnational strategy.

The HRM requirements of a(n) ________ strategy are well matched with an ethnocentric staffing policy.

Mona,a native of India,is employed by IBM in the firm's facility in New Delhi.Mona is best described as a(n) ________.

Cost-of-living allowances given to an expatriate during his or her foreign assignment ________.

An executive with a polycentric staffing policy presumes that successful business practices at home need not change when transferred to foreign markets.

Shelly,a sales manager at Best Computers,has recently moved from Dallas to Hong Kong for an expatriate assignment.Shelly is feeling disoriented,irritable,and stressed about her new job and living arrangements in Hong Kong,which means that she is most likely experiencing ________.

Historically,companies have not been particularly concerned with the challenge of repatriation in managing their international human resources.

A(n) ________ manager champions the ways of foreign markets as comparable,if not more enlightened,than the practices of his or her parent company and home nation.

Companies find it challenging to judge a potential expatriate's adaptability to foreign places,people,and processes.