Terms
Terms
HW #3 + 1
HW #3 + 1
Concepts
100
an employee who is working and temporarily residing in a foreign country. (broad category)
Expatriate
100
an outcome that gives an individual personal satisfaction such as that derived from a job well done.
Intrinsic rewards
100
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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B.
Refers to how much HRM practices in subsidiaries are impacted by the host-country context |
100
The process of socializing people so that they come to share a common set of values and beliefs that shapes their behavior is: |
A. Networking B. Corporate culture C. Matrix structure D. Social investment |
B.
Corporate culture
100
Name 4 types of HR activities.
1.Human resource planning
2.Staffing: recruitment, selection, placement
3.Performance management
4.Training & development
5.Compensation & benefits
6.Industrial relations
200
a reward that is expected by an employee and does not lead to his or her greater satisfaction.
Extrinsic reward
200
subsidiaries engage in the creation of relevant country/region-specific knowledge in all key functional areas because they have complete local responsibility.
Local innovator
200
The second stage of a new international company typically involves which department: |
A. Exporting B. Licensing C. Sales D. Foreign production |
C.
Sales
200
Typically, the initial stage of a firm entering international operations is: |
A. Exporting B. Licensing C. Sales D. Foreign production |
A.
Exporting
200
Provide 4 reasons why IHRM is more complex than domestic HRM.
1.more HR activities
2.a need for a broader perspective
3.more involvement in employees’ personal lives
4.changes of emphasis as
the mix of expatriates & locals varies
5.more risk exposure
6.broader external influences
300
the transfer of management practices from foreign locations to the headquarters.
Reverse diffusion
300
the activity of bringing the expatriate back to the home country.
Repatriation
300
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A. Parent-country national B. Host-country national C. Third-country national D. Multi-country national |
A.
Parent-country national
300
A ‘born global’ is: | |
A. an international firm formed by acquisition B. a company formed with the international market in mind C. a company grown into an international company by market demands D.
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B.
a company formed with the international market in mind
300
Name 5 of the 6 Hofstede culture dimensions
1.Power distance
2.Uncertainty avoidance
3.Femininity vs. masculinity
4.Individualism vs. collectivism
5.Confucianism or long-term orientation
6.Indulgence vs. restraint (not in book)
400
subsidiary initiatives are often met with significant resistance. (a major barrier to an integrative approach - term coined by Birkinshaw and Ridderstrâle)
Corporate immune system
400
the degree to which a collective encourages and rewards group members for performance improvement and excellence. (orientation from GLOBE Study)
Performance orientation
400
Social capital emphasizes the need for: |
A. Recycling facilities for community B. A customer list in an organization C. Employees with poor social skills D. Contacts and ties that facilitate knowledge sharing |
D.
Contacts and ties that facilitate knowledge sharing
400
Miniature replicas’ are: | ||||
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
Subsidiaries structured to mirror that of domestic organizations |
400
According to Kluckhohn & Kroeber's definition of culture, culture consists of pattered ways of
1.
2.
3.
(name 2 of the 3)
1. thinking
2. feeling
3. reacting
500
includes the degree to which a collective encourages and rewards individuals for being fair, altruistic, generous, caring and kind to others. (orientation from GLOBE Study)
Humane orientation
500
the status is ascribed from birth by characteristics such as origin, seniority, and gender. (from Trompenaars and H-T study)
Ascriptive culture
500
Name 2 of the 4 generic subsidiary roles identified by Gupta and Govindarajan. (think about the inflow/outflow table)
500
Name 2 of Hall and Halls' 4 culture dimensions.
1.High vs. Low Context Communication
2.Spatial Orientation
actual distance between people when communicating
3.Monochrome vs. Polychrome Time
sequential processes vs. parallel actions
4.Information Speed
high or low information flow during communication
500
Provide 3 critiques of Hofstede’s Study
§It reduces cultures to a few dimensions instead of using more sophisticated descriptions.
§To what extent the standardized questionnaire method is able to reach the unconscious.
§ The distortion of the ‘Western outlook.’
§Countries rather than cultures are delimited.
§Skepticism, especially in terms of multicultural societies
§In one company (IBM) only.