HRM 6645 Midterm – Questions With Detailed
Solutions
PCN Correct Answer - An EE who is working and temporarily
residing in a foreign country
HCN Correct Answer - An EE who is from the country in which
a subsidiary is located and works in their home country
TCN Correct Answer - EE who are natives of a country other
than the home country or the host country
MNE Correct Answer - Multinational Enterprise -firm that
owns/ controls business activities in more than 1 foreign country
SME Correct Answer - Small and medium enterprises
Index of Transnationality Correct Answer - in an average of
ratios of foreign assets to total assets; foreign sales to total sales;
and foreign employment to total employment
Inpatriate Correct Answer - employee who is transferred from
a subsidiary to work in the headquarters (parent-country) for a
specified period of time
Multidomestic Industry Correct Answer - one in which
competition in each country is essentially independent of
competition in other countries
Organizational Culture Correct Answer - the sense of common
identity and purpose across a whole organization
, Tax Equalization Correct Answer - firms withhold an amount
equal to the home-country tax obligation of the expatriate, and pay
all taxes to the host country -pg5
Asymmetric Events Correct Answer - Have been described as
threats that our political, strategic, and military cultures regard as
unusual - pg16
Artifacts Correct Answer - Are described as visible
organization structures and processes -pg38
Communitarianism Correct Answer - Cultural view; the rights
of the group or society (puts the group before the individual);
opposite of individualism
Diffuse Culture Correct Answer - characterized by a large
private life that includes a relatively large number of people; small
public space that is difficult to enter(formal introductions required);
indirect communication; no clear distinction between work and
private life
High Context Communication Correct Answer - in high context
cultures, a more indirect form of expression is common, where the
receiver must decipher the content of the message from its context
Particularism Correct Answer - pays more attention to
individual cases, deciding what is good and correct depending on
relationship and special friendship arrangements -pg36
Power Distance Correct Answer - the degree to which
members of a collective expect power to be distributed equally
Spatial Distance Correct Answer - Geographical distance
between EE or locations
Solutions
PCN Correct Answer - An EE who is working and temporarily
residing in a foreign country
HCN Correct Answer - An EE who is from the country in which
a subsidiary is located and works in their home country
TCN Correct Answer - EE who are natives of a country other
than the home country or the host country
MNE Correct Answer - Multinational Enterprise -firm that
owns/ controls business activities in more than 1 foreign country
SME Correct Answer - Small and medium enterprises
Index of Transnationality Correct Answer - in an average of
ratios of foreign assets to total assets; foreign sales to total sales;
and foreign employment to total employment
Inpatriate Correct Answer - employee who is transferred from
a subsidiary to work in the headquarters (parent-country) for a
specified period of time
Multidomestic Industry Correct Answer - one in which
competition in each country is essentially independent of
competition in other countries
Organizational Culture Correct Answer - the sense of common
identity and purpose across a whole organization
, Tax Equalization Correct Answer - firms withhold an amount
equal to the home-country tax obligation of the expatriate, and pay
all taxes to the host country -pg5
Asymmetric Events Correct Answer - Have been described as
threats that our political, strategic, and military cultures regard as
unusual - pg16
Artifacts Correct Answer - Are described as visible
organization structures and processes -pg38
Communitarianism Correct Answer - Cultural view; the rights
of the group or society (puts the group before the individual);
opposite of individualism
Diffuse Culture Correct Answer - characterized by a large
private life that includes a relatively large number of people; small
public space that is difficult to enter(formal introductions required);
indirect communication; no clear distinction between work and
private life
High Context Communication Correct Answer - in high context
cultures, a more indirect form of expression is common, where the
receiver must decipher the content of the message from its context
Particularism Correct Answer - pays more attention to
individual cases, deciding what is good and correct depending on
relationship and special friendship arrangements -pg36
Power Distance Correct Answer - the degree to which
members of a collective expect power to be distributed equally
Spatial Distance Correct Answer - Geographical distance
between EE or locations
