QUESTIONS 2026 FULL SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ Global Staffing Approach. Answer: Best managers are recruited
from within or outside the company, regardless of nationality
Very well might not be from home or host country
Advantages
- Largest pool of qualified applicants
- Applicants tend to have
cultural flexibility and adaptability
bilingual or multilingual skills
- Perceived by employees as acceptable compromises between HQ
and local managers
Cheaper to transfer employees from some countries than others
Disadvantages
- Lack of managers who want to work all around the world
- Conflicting requirements of host governments
,- If they'll go anywhere for your company, what's to keep them from
going to another company?
◉ Business Strategies of MNEs & Staffing. Answer: Global business
strategy = ethnocentric staffing
International business strategy = ethnocentric staffing
Multi-Domestic business strategy = polycentric staffing
Transnational business strategy = global staffing
◉ International Assignees/Expatriate. Answer: When parent
country nationals are transferred to another country to work in a
subsidiary or other type of operation of the MNE for more than one
year, they are generally referred to as expatriates or international
assignees
◉ Recruitment. Answer: Searching for and attracting qualified
applicants to create an applicant pool
◉ Selection. Answer: Gathering and analyzing information about
applicants in order to select the most suitable person or persons for
the job
, ◉ Repatriation. Answer: The process of bringing an international
assignee and their family back home from foreign assignment
◉ 3 goals of recruitment. Answer: - Attract many applicants.
- Attract quality applicants who "fit" the position.
- Increase the likelihood of acceptances
◉ Internal Recruitment Sources. Answer: For All Jobs:
- Internal Job Posting
For International Assignment Specifically:
- Global Talent Management Inventories
- In-House Global Leadership Programs
- Former/Current Expatriates
- International Succession Planning Programs
- Nominations from supervisors or other expatriates
◉ Positives and negative of recruiting from within. Answer:
Positives:
- Creates a well-known sample of applicants
- Reduces labor costs