Deck 15: International Human Resources Management

Question 1

Third-country nationals are dual citizenship individuals working in another (third)country.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

U.S.companies have been conducting business on an international basis longer than anyone else.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

One reason to employ host-country nationals is that local governments want good jobs for their citizens.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Foreign workers invited to come to perform needed labor are usually referred to as guest workers.

Question 5

Hiring local citizens is generally less costly than relocating expatriates.

Question 6

A global HR information system facilitates coordination between world units but is difficult to put in place.

Question 7

A multinational corporation is essentially a domestic firm that builds on its existing capabilities to penetrate overseas markets.

Question 8

At early stages of international expansion,many organizations prefer to use host-country nationals.

Question 9

NAFTA has resulted in net job increases in the United States.

Question 10

In some countries,night shifts are taboo.

Question 11

Because of low labor costs and language similarities,many Indian companies are finding the United States an attractive place to locate their facilities,particularly call centers.

Question 12

Subsidiaries of multinational corporations are run as independent companies.

Question 13

A work permit or work certificate allows a foreign individual to seek employment in a government's country.

Question 14

Different cultural environments require different organizational behaviors.

Question 15

A work permit,or work certificate,is a document issued to students abroad that permits them to work up to 20 hours per week for an organization that is headquartered in their home country.

Question 16

Apprenticeship training in the United States is far superior to that in Europe.

Question 17

Essentially,the United States has a monopoly on international business.

Question 18

The host country is the country in which an international business operates.

Question 19

The European Union (EU)was established to facilitate free trade with the United States.

Question 20

A global corporation has fully autonomous units operating in multiple countries.

Question 21

Repatriation refers to the training a manager receives before taking an international assignment.

Question 22

The failure of expatriate assignments is most often due to lack of technical and managerial ability.

Question 23

Transnational team consist of people working on different international projects.

Question 24

Personal relationships are everything in Asia,and business there can only be conducted after relationships have been established.

Question 25

Managers in Latin American countries can encourage performance by using personal influence and working through individual members of a group.

Question 26

Culture shock refers to the disorientation people receive adjusting a new culture or re-adjusting to their native culture.

Question 27

For most companies,the transnational form represents an ideal,rather than a reality.

Question 28

Tax incentives,tariffs,and quotas are frequently implemented by the host country to encourage local hiring.

Question 29

Despite improved telecommunications and travel,it is more difficult than ever to match up employers and employees worldwide.

Question 30

The demand for expatriate employees is growing rapidly.

Question 31

The financial crisis beginning ins 2008 only made international business matters worse,as companies were even less likely to offer jobs to foreigners who might be seen as taking jobs from national citizens.

Question 32

Recently,companies from Japan and China have proven to be some of the most powerful companies in the world.

Question 33

Foreign workers with H2B visas can come to the United States for a maximum of six
months to perform temporary,nonagricultural seasonal work that is one-time only.

Question 34

English is almost universally accepted as the language for international business.

Question 35

Women expatriates are thought to succeed in part because they are visible and distinctive.

Question 36

Pay plans in Japan tend to focus on individual performance and achievement.

Question 37

Nearly all companies have career development programs designed for repatriating employees.

Question 38

The first step in selecting expatriates should be self-selection,where employees who volunteer to go abroad are given the chance to do so.

Question 39

In recent years,there has also been a trend to send expatriates on longer,less-projectbased
assignments.

Question 40

Employee benefits in the United States are among the highest in the world.

Question 41

A compensation method used to correct for the higher costs of goods and services overseas is the balance-sheet approach.

Question 42

Local managers may not have sufficient perspective on the entire organization to effectively appraise an expatriate's performance.

Question 43

Host-based pay is compensation that is equivalent to that earned by employees in the country where the expatriate is assigned.

Question 44

Only 20 percent of people globally are covered by any sort of social insurance programs.

Question 45

An organizational form that has fully autonomous units operating in multiple countries is:

A) an international corporation
B) a multinational corporation
C) a transnational corporation
D) a global enterprise

Question 46

English is almost universally accepted as the primary language for international business.

Question 47

In some countries,unions have alliances with other organizations like political parties,the church,and the government.

Question 48

The balance-sheet approach to compensation refers to designing pay systems that equalize the purchasing power of employees at comparable position levels living overseas and in the home country.

Question 49

A domestic firm that has leveraged its existing capabilities to penetrate overseas markets is a/an ____ corporation.

A) transnational
B) international
C) multinational
D) global

Question 50

Matsushita is a/an ____ corporation.

A) transnational
B) international
C) multinational
D) global

Question 51

Unilever is an example of a/an ____ corporation.

A) transnational
B) international
C) multinational
D) global

Question 52

A multinational firm that has pulled control of operations back into the home office is a/an ____ corporation.

A) transnational
B) international
C) multinational
D) global

Question 53

A corporation that attempts to simultaneously achieve local responsiveness and global efficiency is a/an ____ corporation.

A) transnational
B) international
C) multinational
D) global

Question 54

A corporation that treats the world market as a whole and tries to combine activities in countries to maximize efficiency is a/an ____ corporation.

A) transnational
B) international
C) multinational
D) global

Question 55

Which of the following is NOT a frequent criticism of NAFTA and its impact on the American job market?

A) loss of jobs to Mexico
B) too many foreign companies coming into the United States
C) lower salaries for manufacturing jobs
D) increased illegal migration from Mexico

Question 56

China has only one union.

Question 57

The close proximity of European countries makes them:

A) likely candidates for international trade
B) the European Union
C) less competitive
D) less likely to need to conduct business internationally

Question 58

Poor cultural fit is a major reason why international job assignments fail

Question 59

Codetermination refers to the training an expatriate manager receives before an international assignment.

Question 60

The International Labour Organization enforces international labor standards.

Question 61

The source of overseas employees that provides the advantages of less cost and greater facility in the language is:

A) host-country nationals.
B) home-country nationals.
C) third-country nationals.
D) expatriates.

Question 62

In 2011 the U.S.entered a free trade agreement with the country of _____.

A) Venezuela
B) Columbia
C) Cuba
D) South Africa

Question 63

WTO member countries represent approximately ____ of all international trade.

A) 37 percent
B) 57 percent
C) 77 percent
D) 97 percent

Question 64

Rolls-Royce,headquartered in the United Kingdom,hires over _____ of its 38,900 employees abroad.

A) 10 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 34 percent
D) 51 percent

Question 65

When an American MNC hires an employee from Italy to work in its office in Bombay,this employee is referred to as a/an:

A) expatriate.
B) international manager.
C) host-country national.
D) third-country national.

Question 66

Home-country nationals can also be called:

A) host-country nationals.
B) third-country nationals.
C) international managers.
D) expatriates.

Question 67

Cultural environment includes all of the following components except:

A) education/human capital.
B) values/ideologies.
C) corporate structure.
D) religious beliefs.

Question 68

U.S.citizens sent by a U.S.company to work abroad are called:

A) host-country nationals.
B) third-country nationals.
C) international managers.
D) expatriates.

Question 69

Annually,foreigners residing in the United States file about _____ of international patent applications

A) 15 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 35 percent
D) 45 percent

Question 70

Guest workers:

A) are another name for home-country nationals
B) may involve substantial indirect costs
C) are not required to obtain a work permit
D) are used when adequate numbers of skilled workers are available

Question 71

The European Union consists of ____ countries.

A) 16
B) 20
C) 23
D) 27

Question 72

The country in which an international business operates is a/an:

A) receptive country.
B) adaptive country.
C) resource country.
D) host country.

Question 73

Because cultural environments differ across the world:

A) management styles must remain consistent
B) U.S.corporations have an advantage over firms from other nations
C) strategies,structures,and management styles that work in one area of the world may be inappropriate in another
D) the culture must adapt to the goods and services offered by transnational corporations

Question 74

The ____ system of apprenticeship is one of the best in Europe.

A) British
B) Irish
C) Dutch
D) German

Question 75

Foreign workers with H2B visas can come to the United States for a maximum of _____ months to perform temporary,nonagricultural seasonal work that is one-time only.

A) six
B) nine
C) twelve
D) eighteen

Question 76

If GM transferred Karl Hammer,a native German,away from his assignment in Bonn to a new assignment in Paris,Karl would then be considered a:

A) home-country national.
B) host-country national.
C) third-country national.
D) home-host-country national.

Question 77

Apprenticeship training in Europe directs a large number of youths into:

A) managerial training.
B) white-collar training.
C) supervisory training.
D) vocational training.

Question 78

The term used to refer to the religion,values and attitudes,politics,technology,education,and social organization of a nation is:

A) ritual environment
B) general environment
C) cultural environment
D) task environment

Question 79

When an American MNC hires an employee from Italy to work in its office in Rome,this employee is referred to as a/an:

A) expatriate.
B) international manager.
C) host-country national.
D) third-country national.

Question 80

A document issued by a government granting authority to a foreign individual to seek employment in that government's country is a/an:

A) visa card.
B) allowance permit.
C) work permit.
D) passport.