Exam 17: Managing Global Human Resources

U.S. employers have most likely experienced an increase in successful expatriate assignments in the last two decades because they have ________.

Which of the following is a best practice in ensuring success in actually implementing globally consistent human resource policies and practices?

Codetermination means that employees have a legal right to voice opinions and preferences in setting company policies.

Which of the following terms refers to the belief that home country attitudes, management style, knowledge, evaluation criteria, and managers are superior to anything the host country has to offer?

Which of the following terms refers to having local employees abroad do jobs that the firm's domestic employees previously did in-house?

The official length of a work week in the European Union is 40 hours.

In which country do individuals have a high acceptance of unequal power distribution between managers and subordinates?

Which of the following is the primary disadvantage of using expatriates to fill foreign subsidiary management positions?

Marie is an Italian executive working in a manufacturing plant in Siena, Italy that is owned by a parent company based in Singapore. Marie is a(n)________.

Foreign service premiums compensate expatriates for exceptionally hard living and working conditions at certain foreign locations.

Which approach to formulating expatriate pay involves estimating the employee's expenses in the home country and the host country?

The European Union is best described as a ________.

Adaptability screening is a commonly used process to assess the likelihood that an expatriate can reintegrate into his or her home country's culture following a foreign assignment.

What is the first step in developing a more effective global HR system?

A corporation that believes that only host country managers can ever really understand the culture and behavior of the host country market would be referred to as ________.

As in the U.S., collective bargaining in Western Europe typically occurs at the plant level rather than at the industry level.

Hourly wages for production workers in the United States are higher than those in Germany.

According to research, all of the following will most likely help spouses of expatriates adjust to living in foreign countries EXCEPT ________.

Which of the following terms refers to the human resource management concepts and techniques employers use to manage the challenges of their international operations?

In January 2009, Walmart acquired a controlling interest in Chile's leading food retailer. Since then, Walmart has opened the first environmentally friendly supermarket in Chile that uses energy efficient technology throughout the store. Walmart is planning to open additional stores in Chile over the next seven years. Walmart's top executives are considering the idea of transferring U.S. managers to Chile to oversee the construction and establishment of the new stores. Which of the following, if true, supports the assertion that Walmart is an ethnocentrically oriented corporation?