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Patriots
Centricity
Vocabulary
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100
Parent Country Nationals
What is PCN
100
Inpatriate
Refers to the transfer of subsidiary staff into the parent country (HQ) operations
100
Ethnocentric
What is evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture.
100
Recruitment
What is searching for and obtaining potential job candidates in sufficient numbers and quality so that the organization can select the most appropriate people to fill its job needs?
100
False
True or False: In tolerance for ambiguity, an example of high intercultural competence is being very serious?
200
Third-Country Nationals
What is TCN
200
Expatriate
An employee who is working and temporarily residing in a country
200
Polycentric
What is Having many centers, especially of authority or control
200
Selection
What is the process of gathering information for the purposes of evaluating and deciding who should be employed in particular jobs?
200
True
True or False: Do female’s expatriates face different issues than their male’s counterparts?
300
Host-Country Nationals
What is HCN
300
Non-expatriate
People who travel internationally but are not considered expatriates, as they do not relocate to another country.
300
Geocentric
What is is talking a global approach to its operations, recognizing that each part makes a unique contribution with its unique competence
300
An ugly country flag
Which of the following is NOT a common reason for expatriate failure: inability to adapt, family concerns, lack of talent management, or an ugly country flag?
300
Psychological and Cognitive Tests
What tests are used much less, especially in Germany and the United States?
400
Multinational Enterprise
What is MNE
400
Non-expatriate
The term "frequent flyers" comes from which "patriate" term
400
Regioncetric
What is Utilizes a wider pool of managers but in a limited way, Staff may move outside of their home countries but only with a particular geographic region.
400
Ethnorelativism
What is An acquired ability to see many values and behaviors as cultural rather than universal. It is characterized by adjustments to foreign cultures and integration.
400
Inter-firm networking, Job-hunting assistance
List 2 solutions to the challenge of dual career couples?
500
Inpatriate
Which "patriate" may be used as a first career step
500
Advantage of Regioncetric approach Facilitates interaction between managers transferred to regional headquarters from subsidiaries in that region Reflects some sensitivity to local conditions Disadvantage of Regioncetric approach Produce federalism at a regional rather then a country basis and constrain the MNE from developing a more global perspective It can improve career prospects at the national level, but only moves the barrier to regional level
What is one Pro and Con about Regioncetric
500
Intercultural Competence
What is the ability to function effectively in another culture?
500
Do you have prior international experience? Can you speak the language? Could you adjust to a foreign environment?
What type of question should you ask in interviewing someone for an international position?