chapter 13

Question 1

expatriates?

Answer 1

expatriates: employees citizens of country where parent company based sent to another work facility.

Question 2

what is workforce mobility?

Answer 2

workforce mobility: focus on managing recruitement, relocation, retention of employees who complete tasks outside of the primary region.

Question 3

intercountry differences that affect HRM…

Answer 3

• Cultural factors
• Economic systems
• legal Systems
• Labour costs factors
• Industrial relations factors

Question 4

The number of expatriates doubled between ___ and ___

Answer 4

The number of expatriates doubled between 2005 and 2008

Question 5

guide to relocation selection tips.

Answer 5

1. candidate identification, assessment and selection
2. cost projection (3 to 5 times the cost to move the entire family)
3. Assignment letters
4. Compensation, benefits and tace programs
5. relocation assistance (between 50 000 and 100 000$)
6. Family support

Question 6

the cost of an expatriate assignment failure can reach …

Answer 6

1M$

Question 7

factors of expatriate failure:

Answer 7

• personality
• person’s intention
• Family pressure

Question 8

Ethnocentric staffing policy

Answer 8

home-country managers are superior to those in the host country

Question 9

Polycentric staffing policy

Answer 9

only host-country managers can understand the culture

Question 10

geocentric staffing policy

Answer 10

best manager can be found anywhere where the firms operate

Question 11

Barrier to managing global workers within Canada

Answer 11

1. Lack of canadian experience
2. poor transferability of foreign education
3. Lack of literacy skills

Question 12

explain balance sheet method for foreign compensation

Answer 12

you equal the purchasing power accros countries.