Fundamental. Ch14

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Chapter 14 Human Resource Selection and Development Across Cultures Answer Key True / False Questions 1. (p. 498) Home-country nationals are managers who are citizens of the country where the MNC is headquartered. TRUE Difficulty: Easy 2. (p. 498) Historically, MNCs have staffed key positions in their foreign affiliates with host-country nationals. FALSE Difficulty: Medium 3. (p. 498) Home-country nationals are local managers who are hired by the MNC. FALSE Difficulty: Easy 4. (p. 498) Managers who live and work outside their home country are called expatriates. TRUE Difficulty: Hard 5. (p. 498) An individual from a host-country who is assigned to work in the host-country is referred to as a multipatriate. FALSE Difficulty: Easy 6. (p. 503) Factors used to choose personnel for international assignments are referred to as international selection criteria. TRUE Difficulty: Easy 7. (p. 505) Most MNCs strive for a balance between age and experience in their expatriate employees. TRUE Difficulty: Medium 8. (p. 511) The most common recruiting and selection procedures for international assignments would be background and reference checks. FALSE Difficulty: Medium 9. (p. 510) Anticipatory and in-country factors will influence the expatriate's mode and degree of adjustment to an overseas assignment. TRUE Difficulty: Medium 10. (p. 512) One of the reasons why there has been a decline in the number of expats in recent years is that MNCs have found that the expense can be prohibitive. TRUE Difficulty: Medium 11. (p. 513) Base salary is the amount of money that an expatriate normally receives in the home country plus a cost-of-living adjustment. FALSE Difficulty: Medium 12. (p. 514)

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