A firm using a polycentric staffing policy:
A) is less likely to suffer from cultural myopia.
B) seeks the best people for key jobs throughout the organization, regardless of nationality.
C) will most likely follow an ethnocentric strategy.
D) is likely to have improved communication between host-country managers and parent-country managers.

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One advantage of adopting a polycentric approach is that the firm is less likely to suffer from cultural myopia. Host-country managers are unlikely to make the mistakes arising from cultural misunderstandings to which expatriate managers are vulnerable.

A Firm Using a Polycentric Staffing Policy