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41._____ refers to a strategy that is concerned with the selection of employees for particular jobs.  

A. Compensation policy

B. Staffing policy

C. Performance appraisal policy

D. Training policy

E. Management development policy

42.The norms and value systems of an organization constitute its _____.  

A. corporate social responsibility

B. cultural toughness

C. cultural sensitivity

D. corporate culture

E. perceptual ability

43.A(n) _____ staffing policy is one in which all key management positions are filled by parent-country nationals.  

A. ethnocentric

B. global

C. polycentric

D. geocentric

E. transnational

44.In the Swiss firm Terabithia Systems AG, all the important positions in its international operations are held by Swiss nationals. Terabithia follows a(n) _____ staffing policy.  

A. eurocentric

B. ethnocentric

C. polycentric

D. geocentric

E. transnational

45.Which of the following is a characteristic feature of an ethnocentric staffing policy?  

A. It requires host-country nationals to be recruited to manage subsidiaries.

B. It is used when a firm places a low value on its corporate culture.

C. It increases advancement opportunities for host-country nationals.

D. It seeks the best people for key jobs throughout the organization, regardless of nationality.

E. It places parent-country nationals in key management positions.

46.Which of the following is an advantage of an ethnocentric staffing policy?  

A. It alleviates cultural myopia.

B. It is inexpensive to implement.

C. It helps build strong informal management networks.

D. It helps transfer core competencies to a foreign operation.

E. It uses human resources efficiently.

47.A firm pursues an ethnocentric staffing policy because it:  

A. believes in providing growth opportunities to host-country nationals.

B. wants to avoid cultural myopia.

C. believes the host country lacks qualified individuals for senior management positions.

D. wants to keep all core competencies within the home country.

E. wants to build strong cultural and informal management networks in all its subsidiaries.

48.Firms that use an ethnocentric staffing policy consider it to be:  

A. a way to reduce the costs of value creation.

B. inappropriate for a localization strategy.

C. the best way to maintain a unified corporate culture.

D. the most inexpensive staffing approach.

E. the only approach to reduce cultural myopia.

49.If a firm tries to create value by transferring core competencies to a foreign operation and, therefore, transfers parent-country nationals who have knowledge of that competency to the foreign operation, it pursues a(n) _____ staffing policy.  

A. ethnocentric

B. polycentric

C. geocentric

D. eurocentric

E. transnational

50.Which of the following is a disadvantage of an ethnocentric staffing policy?  

A. It leads to resentment in the host country.

B. It isolates the headquarters from foreign subsidiaries.

C. It does not allow transfer of core competencies.

D. It leads to a dearth of qualified managers in the host nation.

E. It diversifies corporate culture.