International Human Resources Management

1. Which statement defines Cognitive flexibility?

• 1. The degree to which the work role requires adjustments to thought patterns and scripts to effectively

     interact with people

• 1. The degree to which the work role requires that the employee travels

• 1. The degree to which the work role requirements disrupt or interfere with the employee’s normal activities

• 1. None of the above

1. Match the dimensions according to the statement; “the degree to which the work role requires that the employee travels, or relocates, internationally”.

• 1. Cognitive flexibility

• 1. Physical mobility

• 1. Non-work disruptions

• 1. None of the above

1. Which of the following are global workers?

• 1. Corporate expatriates

• 1. Short-term assignees

• 1. International business travelers

• 1. All of them above

1. Which is not a characteristic of global virtual team?

• 1. They usually relocate but work in teams

• 1. They are from diverse national context

• 1. They use technology

• 1. They hardly ever meet in person

1. Which is not a characteristic of High-status global workers?

• 1. Part of elite group

• 1. Well educated but not skilled

• 1. Well positioned

• 1. Usually from leadership position

1. Which of the following is a motive for a short-term assignment?

• 1. International experience, career advancement

• 1. Attract compensation

• 1. International experience

• 1. Individual development

1. Which of the following is not an organizational driver for corporate expatriate structures?

• 1. Managerial control

• 1. Skill/technology transfer

• 1. Management development

• 1. Problem-solving

1. What are the purposes of expatriate assignments?

• 1. Position filling

• 1. Management development

• 1. Organizational development

• 1. All of the above

1. Expatriates that gather information, bridging internal and external contexts are

• 1. language nodes

• 1. agents of socializing

• 1. network builders

• 1. boundary spanners

10. Costs of expatriate failure can be

• 1. Direct

• 1. Indirect

• 1. Direct and indirect

• 1. None of the above