QUESTION 1

International HR candidates can be selected using comprehensive selection tools. What else should organizations do to improve the success of the international assignment?

		have pre-assignment training
		have post-assignment training
		hire someone whose spouse is mobile as well
		have ongoing performance appraisals

1 points

QUESTION 2

A Four Seasons Canadian hotel and resort company combines home-country HR practices with local practices by selecting the most qualified people for appropriate positions no matter where these candidates come from. Which SIHRM strategy type is Four Seasons employing?

		Integrative
		adaptive
		exportive
		global

1 points

QUESTION 3

The Conference Board of Canada has identified four major areas of international workforce planning. If a multinational company wanted to find out the number of skilled workers available, which category should it consider?

		labour market demand
		external human capital demand
		the environment
		flexible labour standards

1 points

QUESTION 4

Colgate-Palmolive Co. recognized the wealth of information it had on expatriate skills and developed a database to track each manager's experience with or awareness of cultures in order to assist with succession planning. Which SIHRM post-assignment activity is this example related to?

		career development
		repatriation
		performance appraisal
		compensation

1 points

QUESTION 5

If an organization wants to standardize the products it sells around the world to gain efficiencies, which strategy is it following?

		multinational strategy
		Strategic International Human Resources
		transnational
		multidomestic strategy

1 points

QUESTION 6

Which process involves parent-country nationals (PCNs), third-country nationals (TCNs), and home-country nationals (HCNs) returning to their home headquarters or home subsidiaries?

		repatriation
		expatriation
		reverse culture shock
		assimilation

1 points

QUESTION 7

The literature identifies several factors that contribute to cross-cultural adjustment. Which of the following dimensions of cross-cultural competency incorporates the capability to understand why foreigners behave the way they do and to make and correct assumptions?

		perceptual
		attribution
		relationship
		self-maintenance

1 points

QUESTION 8

hich SIHRM approach is an organization using if its HRM systems are transferred to foreign subsidiaries without modifying or adapting to the local environment?

		exportive
		adaptive
		multi domestic
		domestic

1 points

QUESTION 9

According to your textbook, what percentage of repatriates left the company within one year?

		approximately 25%
		approximately 40%
		approximately 10%
		approximately 5%

1 points

QUESTION 10

Which of the following recruitment options enhances career development opportunities by allowing employees from various subsidiaries to move to other subsidiaries?

		Third country nationals (TCN)
		Home-country nationals (HCN)
		Parent-company nationals (PCN)
		repatriated-country nationals (RCN)