HROB:2290 -Chapter 17 University of
Guelph
Jose works full time for a company in Canada that wants to open up a location in Brazil. The
company asks him to move to Brazil temporarily to help launch that branch. What would Jose
be known as in Brazil?
A. temporary worker
B. expatriate
C. emigrant
D. immigrant - Answer B. expatriate
The differences in power distance (centralized or decentralized) and individualism or
collectivism are examples of what kinds of intercountry differences?
A. cultural
B. legal systems
C. economic systems
D. labour costs - Answer A. cultural
Employees who are born outside of Canada but now reside in Canada are called
______________.
A. immigrants
B. repatriates
C. expatriates
D. host-country nationals - Answer A. immigrants
oughly what percentage of Canada's population was born outside of Canada?
A. 10 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 20 percent
D. 35 percent - Answer C. 20 percent
Differences in labour costs are part of what international HR consideration?
A. cultural
B. technology
C. economic systems
D. legal systems - Answer C. economic systems
, Compensation programs throughout a global firm should be _____________________.
A. integrated and undistinguished
B. isolated and differentiated
C. integrated and differentiated
D. isolated and undistinguished - Answer C. integrated and differentiated
Annie, a Canadian, is a manager with a global bank in Hong Kong and has recently been
transferred to London, England. Her next move will probably be to Dubai. What type of staffing
policy is Annie's employer using?
A. polycentric
B. ethnocentric
C. globalized
D. geocentric - Answer D. geocentric
An expatriate's personality can be a factor in preventing expatriate failure. Which of the
following personality dimensions is not associated with expatriate failure?
A. emotionally instability
B. agreeableness
C. extroversion
D. introversion - Answer C. extroversion
What is the most commonly used approach to cross-cultural training for global assignments?
A. companies offer training at the discretion of the company manager
B. companies offer training as a core policy to all employees
C. companies offer no training
D. companies offer training to select assignees - Answer B. companies offer training as a core
policy to all employees
What is the most commonly used approach to international compensation for global
assignments?
A. home-country compensation
B. determined on a case-by-case basis
C. the higher of the host- or home-country compensation
D. host-country compensation - Answer A. home-country compensation
Guelph
Jose works full time for a company in Canada that wants to open up a location in Brazil. The
company asks him to move to Brazil temporarily to help launch that branch. What would Jose
be known as in Brazil?
A. temporary worker
B. expatriate
C. emigrant
D. immigrant - Answer B. expatriate
The differences in power distance (centralized or decentralized) and individualism or
collectivism are examples of what kinds of intercountry differences?
A. cultural
B. legal systems
C. economic systems
D. labour costs - Answer A. cultural
Employees who are born outside of Canada but now reside in Canada are called
______________.
A. immigrants
B. repatriates
C. expatriates
D. host-country nationals - Answer A. immigrants
oughly what percentage of Canada's population was born outside of Canada?
A. 10 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 20 percent
D. 35 percent - Answer C. 20 percent
Differences in labour costs are part of what international HR consideration?
A. cultural
B. technology
C. economic systems
D. legal systems - Answer C. economic systems
, Compensation programs throughout a global firm should be _____________________.
A. integrated and undistinguished
B. isolated and differentiated
C. integrated and differentiated
D. isolated and undistinguished - Answer C. integrated and differentiated
Annie, a Canadian, is a manager with a global bank in Hong Kong and has recently been
transferred to London, England. Her next move will probably be to Dubai. What type of staffing
policy is Annie's employer using?
A. polycentric
B. ethnocentric
C. globalized
D. geocentric - Answer D. geocentric
An expatriate's personality can be a factor in preventing expatriate failure. Which of the
following personality dimensions is not associated with expatriate failure?
A. emotionally instability
B. agreeableness
C. extroversion
D. introversion - Answer C. extroversion
What is the most commonly used approach to cross-cultural training for global assignments?
A. companies offer training at the discretion of the company manager
B. companies offer training as a core policy to all employees
C. companies offer no training
D. companies offer training to select assignees - Answer B. companies offer training as a core
policy to all employees
What is the most commonly used approach to international compensation for global
assignments?
A. home-country compensation
B. determined on a case-by-case basis
C. the higher of the host- or home-country compensation
D. host-country compensation - Answer A. home-country compensation
