Deck 1: Introduction

Question 1

An international student goes to work for a Brazilian MNE in Brazil where he has been studying. He is a

A) parent-country national
B) host-country national
C) third-country national
D) not enough information

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of these do NOT moderate differences between domestic HRM and IHRM?

A) inherent complexity of IHRM
B) cultural context of IHRM
C) transnationality index
D) differences in employee productivity

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Macroenvironmental factors that may influence MNEs include each of the following EXCEPT:

A) political factors
B) enterprise factors
C) sociological factors
D) technological factors

Answer 3

B

Question 4

If an international student returns to her country of origin and works for an MNE whose headquarters is in the country where she studied, then she is a

A) PCN
B) HCN
C) TCN
D) not enough information

Question 5

"What you do, where you do it, and with who" is a nice way to remember

A) Stahl-Björkman-Morris definition of IHRM
B) Morgan's 3-D definition of IHRM
C) different IHRM approaches
D) three IHRM employee types

Question 6

The index of transnationality is an indication of an MNE's

A) reliance on home market
B) foreign to total assets ratio
C) foreign to total employment ratio
D) all of the above

Question 7

An international student that goes to work for an MNE in the country where she is studying is a

A) PCN
B) HCN
C) TCN
D) not enough information

Question 8

An MNE is this kind of industry when competition in one country is essentially independent of competition in other countries.

A) international
B) multidomestic
C) global
D) networked

Question 9

Laurent's steps for a truly international conception of HRM involve each of the following EXCEPT:

A) An MNE's explicit recognition that its HRM reflects some assumptions and values of its home culture.
B) An MNE's explicit recognition that its ways are neither universally better or worse than others.
C) A genuine believe that more effective ways of managing people can result from cross-cultural learning.
D) An MNE should focus more on behaviors over states of mind and mindsets.

Question 10

An MNE is this kind of industry when its competitive position in one country is significantly influenced by its position in other countries.

A) international
B) multidomestic
C) global
D) networked

Question 11

Which senior managers may assume a greater deal of transferability between domestic and international HRM practices?

A) Senior managers of MNEs with large domestic markets
B) Senior managers with little international experience
C) Senior managers with successful careers built on domestic experience
D) All of these

Question 12

"MNEs become more alike as they discover universal HRM best practices" is an example of

A) the convergence hypothesis
B) the divergence hypothesis
C) a Laurent step to true IHRM
D) None of these

Question 13

New behaviors and customs can cause expatriates to become psychologically disoriented. They are experiencing

A) Laurent's first step to true IHRM
B) culture shock
C) global mindset
D) negative host country feelings

Question 14

The convergence hypothesis is an example of

A) a culture-specific approach to management principles on management research
B) a culture-common approach to management principles in management research
C) the study of macrolevel variables
D) the study of microlevel variables

Question 15

The psychological contract between an MNE and which type of employee tends to be with his or her entire family:

A) PCN working abroad
B) HCN
C) TCN working abroad
D) Both

Question 16

What type of expatriate is a MNE most likely to have if it is starting to go international after many years of domestic market bliss?

A) PCN
B) HCN
C) TCN
D) not enough information

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a distinctively IHRM activity?

A) international relocation
B) international taxation
C) recruitment and selection
D) language translation

Question 18

If a person goes to work for a foreign-based MNE in the country he was born, then he is a

A) PCN
B) HCN
C) TCN
D) not enough information

Question 19

A key contrast between international and domestic human resource management is:

A) complexity in operating in different countries
B) complexity in employing different national categories of employees
C) both
D) the major differerences between the HR activities performed.

Question 20

If a person works on a ship for a cruise line headquartered in the country where he was born and resides, then he is a

A) PCN
B) HCN
C) TCN
D) not enough information