Which of the following statements is true of the local compensation issues that international businesses face?

Hernandez, a clothing retail firm, maintains a database that contains all necessary work-related details of its employees. The information includes each employee’s date of hire, job history, education, and performance and compensation history. The database allows the management to forecast the labor demands within the firm. In the given scenario, Hernandez is most likely using a _____.

Companies that use the geocentric staffing model:

Identify a form of trade control that places a limit on the number or value of goods that can be traded.

In the context of the four international strategies as proposed by Bartlett and Goshal, if an expatriate manager is expected to acquire, leverage, and transfer specialized knowledge with much independence, he is most likely working with a firm that uses a _____.

The vice president of Oreon Inc., an international chain of hotels, announces that he will retire from his post after 2 years. Following this, the top management of Oreon Inc. makes use of its employee database and elects the current general manager of operations as the next vice president. The manager is then given regular training and is groomed to make his transition to the senior position seamless. The given scenario illustrates the concept of _____.

Organizations using the ethnocentric staffing model have a fully functioning human resource (HR) department in each foreign subsidiary that is responsible for managing all local HR issues for lower- and upper-level employees alike.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the international business strategy of licensing?

Azus is an international food products company with subsidiaries in many countries. It employs host-country nationals extensively in each of its foreign locations. The corporate human resources (HR) function in Azus focuses primarily on coordinating relevant activities with their counterparts in each foreign location. Each subsidiary has its own fully functioning HR department that is responsible for managing all local HR issues for lower- and upper-level employees. In the given scenario, which of the following staffing models does Azus employ?

In the context of the dimensions of national culture as identified by Robert House’s GLOBE project (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness), who among the following individuals is most likely to belong to a culture with high performance orientation?