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International Business, 12e (Hill)

Chapter 19 Global Human Resource Management

1) An expatriate manager is a citizen of one country who is working abroad in one of the firm's

subsidiaries.

Answer: TRUE

Explanation: An expatriate manager is a citizen of one country who is working abroad in one of

the firm's subsidiaries.

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Topic: The Strategic Role of International Human Resource Management

Learning Objective: 19-01 Summarize the strategic role of human resource management in

international business.

Bloom's: Remember

AACSB: Knowledge Application

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2) HRM professionals have a critically important strategic role.

Answer: TRUE

Explanation: The HRM function, through its staffing, training, compensation, and performance

appraisal activities, has a critical impact upon the people, culture, incentive, and control system

elements of the firm's organization architecture. Thus, HRM professionals have a critically

important strategic role.

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Topic: The Strategic Role of International Human Resource Management

Learning Objective: 19-01 Summarize the strategic role of human resource management in

international business.

Bloom's: Remember

AACSB: Knowledge Application

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

3) The most popular staffing policy is the ethnocentric approach.

Answer: FALSE

Explanation: An ethnocentric staffing policy is one in which all key management positions are

filled by parent-country nationals. The policy is now on the wane in most international businesses.

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Topic: International Staffing Policies

Learning Objective: 19-02 Identify the pros and cons of different approaches to staffing policy in

international business.

Bloom's: Understand

AACSB: Knowledge Application

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation