Which of the following is true of selecting employees in a global labor market?
A) A host-country national can more easily understand the local values and customs.
B) Employees are usually very eager to take a foreign assignment.
C) Host-country nationals are usually more skilled than expatriates.
D) Training for and transporting families to foreign assignments is less expensive than hiring people in the foreign country.
E) Organizations generally fill all key foreign positions with host-country nationals.

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To be effective, employees in foreign facilities of international companies must understand that region's business and social culture. Organizations often meet this need by hiring host-country nationals to fill most of their foreign positions. A key reason is that a host-country national can more easily understand the values and customs of the local workforce than someone from another part of the world can.

Which of the Following Is True of Selecting Employees in a Global