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Question 1
True/False
Labor unions in the United States are more concerned with social issues than they are in most other countries.
Question 2
True/False
In the context of the strategies that organizations use for competing in the international environment, a direct foreign investment occurs when a firm owns physical assets in another country.
Question 3
True/False
Future orientation is one of the four dimensions of national culture identified by Dutch scholar Geert Hofstede.
Question 4
True/False
Every aspect of the human resources management (HRM) process in a geocentric company must be undertaken from a domestic perspective.
Question 5
Multiple Choice
Florence is an expatriate manager at a multinational corporation. Her managers expect her to act independently and acquire specialized knowledge and transfer it to her subordinates. The only issue she faces is being unable to get the local employees to go along with her ideas. As a result, there is a high risk of agency problems. In the context of the four international strategies proposed by Bartlett and Goshal, Florence is working with a company that uses a(n) _____.
Question 6
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a reason why host-country nationals are usually hired as nonmanagerial employees in international businesses?
Question 7
Multiple Choice
In the context of selecting expatriates, which of the following is a type of recruiting firm that actively seek qualified managers and other professionals for possible placement in positions in other organizations?
Question 8
True/False
The most important index that international HR managers need to consider while hiring a workforce in a host country is hourly wage.
Question 9
Multiple Choice
John prefers to work alone on projects and avoids tasks that require him to work in a group with other employees in his organization. He believes in self-reliance and gives precedence to his own ideas and values over the beliefs of others. In the context of the dimensions of national culture identified by Geert Hofstede, John is likely to score high on _____.
Question 10
True/False
In the context of the dimensions of national culture identified by Dutch scholar Geert Hofstede, uncertainty avoidance refers to the status and authority differences between a superior and a subordinate.
Question 11
True/False
In the context of the strategies that organizations adopt for competing in the international environment, the process of making products in the domestic marketplace and then selling them in other countries is called importing.
Question 12
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an advantage of exporting as an international business strategy?
Question 13
True/False
More than half the world's workforce outside the United States belongs to labor unions.
Question 14
Multiple Choice
GeNext, a leading mobile software developer in Japan, agrees to develop exclusive software application programs for a new line of affordable smartphones to be launched by CelCom, a smartphone manufacturer in China. The brand reputation and pricing strategies of both of these companies are expected to bring in large volumes of smartphone sales. The profits from the sales will be divided between these two firms. In the given scenario, GeNext and CelCom have _____.
Question 15
Multiple Choice
Which of the following dimensions of national culture identified by Dutch scholar Geert Hofstede refers to the status and authority differences between a superior and a subordinate?
Question 16
Multiple Choice
One of the domestic issues in international human resource management is that firms have to:
Question 17
Multiple Choice
Which of the following dimensions of national culture identified by Robert House's GLOBE project (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness) refers to equal opportunities for men and women in society?