The HR department at Clearwater Electronics has been asked to develop a job description for a new managerial position in Dubai. Clearwater's policy states that subsidiary managers should be employees from the parent company. What benefits does the company hope to realize from this ethnocentric approach?

• a Ethnocentric staffing offers the opportunity for the manager to learn from and transfer foreign values to the company.
• b An employee from the parent company will have a strong working knowledge of company policies and procedures, work ethic, and productivity, and can ensure that company guidelines are followed.
• c The ethnocentric approach will allow the manager to better represent the company subsidiary to the parent company.
• dAn employee from the parent company will cost the company less than it would cost to hire and train a local national from Dubai.

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