Strategic Human Resources Planning 5th Edition By Monica Belcourt – Test Bank

CHAPTER 11—STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL HRM

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which strategy has French lodging giant ACCOR followed for its U.S. subsidiaries in order to attract and retain local employees?
a. Global IHRM strategy
b. Integrative IHRM strategy
c. Exportive IHRM strategy
d. Adaptive IHRM strategy

ANS: D BLM: HIGHER ORDER REF: Page 300

2. Canada’s workforce diversity produces a wide range of HR-related challenges for international placements. Which of the following is typical of those challenges?
a. increased number of younger workers
b. employees with disabilities
c. cultural assimilation in the new country
d. family and divorce issues for expatriates

ANS: B BLM: REMEMBER REF: Page 295

3. If a company introduces culturally sensitive products in chosen countries with the least amount of cost, what type of strategy is the company adopting?
a. multinational
b. multidomestic
c. global
d. domestic

ANS: C BLM: REMEMBER REF: Page 300

4. What do you call individuals from the subsidiary country who know the foreign cultural environment well?
a. home-country nationals
b. third-country nationals
c. parent-country nationals
d. host-country nationals

ANS: A BLM: REMEMBER REF: Page 301

5. When an individual returns to his or her home headquarters or home subsidiaries after working in a foreign country, what is this process called?
a. enculturation
b. repatriation
c. culture shock
d. alienation

ANS: B BLM: HIGHER ORDER REF: Page 307

6. If an individual has an ability to acquire certain skills to a desired level of performance, what is this capability called?
a. pliability
b. flexibility
c. trainability
d. adaptability

ANS: C BLM: HIGHER ORDER REF: Page 303

7. When an individual moves to a foreign country to work, the individual may experience an overwhelming sense of alienation from the new culture. What is this experience called?
a. depression
b. culture shock
c. ethnocentrism
d. post-traumatic stress

ANS: B BLM: HIGHER ORDER REF: Page 307

8. What was the major finding that the 2011 Global Relocation Trends Survey reported?
a. There is an increasing wage gap between home-country and third-country nationals.
b. Reverse culture shock upon repatriation leads to several serious consequences for the employee and organization.
c. Most companies do not have repatriation strategies linked to career management and retention.
d. Many global managers are remaining as international employees for the duration of their careers.

ANS: C BLM: REMEMBER REF: Page 307

9. Which of the following is typically excluded from an expatriate’s compensation package?
a. goods and services
b. shipment and storage
c. food and clothing
d. taxes and insurance

ANS: D BLM: REMEMBER REF: Page 312

10. What type of strategy concentrates on the development of foreign markets by selling to foreign nationals?
a. multidomestic
b. domestic
c. multinational
d. global

ANS: A BLM: REMEMBER REF: Page 301