Axtara, an Automobile Manufacturer, Has Several Factories in Foreign Countries

Multiple Choice

Axtara, an automobile manufacturer, has several factories in foreign countries. The management strongly believes in giving precedence to the values and perspectives of its home office over those of its foreign subsidiaries. As a result, the management hires workers from the home country to staff the upper-management positions in all the foreign offices of the company. In the context of the different staffing strategies used by international businesses, Axtara most likely uses the _____.

A) geocentric staffing model
B) regiocentric staffing model
C) polycentric staffing model
D) ethnocentric staffing model