1. An ethnocentric staffing policy is one in which

A.All key management positions are filled by parent company nationals

B.Host-country nationals are recruited to manage subsidiaries while parent-company nationals occupy key positions at corporate headquarters

C.The best people, regardless of nationality, are recruited to fill key positions throughout the organization

D.Corporate bureaucracy overwhelms the system leaving key positions to be filled in a haphazard manner

2. This policy for staffing involves filling all key management positions with parentcompany nationals.

A. Polycentric

B. Regiocentric

C.Ethnocentric

D.Geocentric

3. Many Japanese firms prefer expatriate Japanese managers to head their foreignoperations because these managers have been socialized into the firm's culture whileemployed in Japan. This implies that

A.The firm may believe that such managers cannot progress beyond senior positions in their parent company

B.The firm may see an ethnocentric staffing policy as the best way to maintain a unifiedcorporate culture

C.The firm is trying to create value by transferring core competencies to a foreign operation

D.The firm requires host-country nationals to be recruited to manage subsidiaries

4. A firm that is trying to maintain a unified corporate culture will pursue a(n)

A.Geocentric staffing policy

B. Regiocentric staffing policy

C.Ethnocentric staffing policy

D. Polycentric staffing policy

5. If a firm is trying to create value by transferring core competencies to a foreignoperation and believes that the best way to do accomplish this goal is to transfer parent-country nationals who have knowledge of that competency to the foreign operation, it is pursuing a(n)

A.Ethnocentric strategy

B.Transnational strategy

C.Localization strategy

D.Global standardization strategy