International HR Midterm Exam – Questions With
Verified Solutions
Parent Country National (PCN) Correct Answer - A person
whose nationality is the same as that of the firm, but different from
the country in which they are working. Ex: a Japanese manager
working for a UK-based subsidiary of a Japanese company.
Host Country National (HCN) Correct Answer - Host-country
nationals are employees who have the same nationality as the local
subsidiary.
Third Country Nationals (TCNs) Correct Answer - Employees
whose nationality is different from that of either the headquarters
or the subsidiary office.
Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) Correct Answer - A business
entity which conducts business operations in various countries with
its subsidiaries and affiliates
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Correct Answer - Non-
subsidiary, independent firms which employ fewer than a given
number of employees. This number varies across countries. The
most frequent upper limit designating an SME is 250 employees.
Expatriate Correct Answer - An employee who is working and
temporarily residing in a foreign country (international assignee)
Inpatriate Correct Answer - An employee of a multinational
company who is from a foreign country, but is transferred from a
foreign subsidiary to the corporation's headquarters.
, Tax Equalization Correct Answer - Firms withhold an amount
equal to the home-county tax obligation of the expatriate, and pay all
taxes in the host country
Asymmetric Events Correct Answer - Have been described as
threats that our political, strategic, and military cultures regard as
unusual
Organizational Culture Correct Answer - The sense of common
identity and purpose across the whole organization
Artifacts Correct Answer - Visible organization structures and
processes
Power Distance Correct Answer - Represents the scale on
which the members of a collective expect power to be distributed
equally
Uncertainty Avoidance Correct Answer - Represents the extent
to which the members of a culture feel threatened by uncertain,
ambiguous and/or unstructured situations and try to avoid them
Particularism Correct Answer - Paying more attention to
individuals cases, deciding what is good and correct depending on
relationship and special friendship arrangements
Communitarianism Correct Answer - Is about the rights of the
group or society. It seeks to put the family, group, company and
country before the individual. It sees individualism as selfish and
short-sighted
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
Verified Solutions
Parent Country National (PCN) Correct Answer - A person
whose nationality is the same as that of the firm, but different from
the country in which they are working. Ex: a Japanese manager
working for a UK-based subsidiary of a Japanese company.
Host Country National (HCN) Correct Answer - Host-country
nationals are employees who have the same nationality as the local
subsidiary.
Third Country Nationals (TCNs) Correct Answer - Employees
whose nationality is different from that of either the headquarters
or the subsidiary office.
Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) Correct Answer - A business
entity which conducts business operations in various countries with
its subsidiaries and affiliates
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Correct Answer - Non-
subsidiary, independent firms which employ fewer than a given
number of employees. This number varies across countries. The
most frequent upper limit designating an SME is 250 employees.
Expatriate Correct Answer - An employee who is working and
temporarily residing in a foreign country (international assignee)
Inpatriate Correct Answer - An employee of a multinational
company who is from a foreign country, but is transferred from a
foreign subsidiary to the corporation's headquarters.
, Tax Equalization Correct Answer - Firms withhold an amount
equal to the home-county tax obligation of the expatriate, and pay all
taxes in the host country
Asymmetric Events Correct Answer - Have been described as
threats that our political, strategic, and military cultures regard as
unusual
Organizational Culture Correct Answer - The sense of common
identity and purpose across the whole organization
Artifacts Correct Answer - Visible organization structures and
processes
Power Distance Correct Answer - Represents the scale on
which the members of a collective expect power to be distributed
equally
Uncertainty Avoidance Correct Answer - Represents the extent
to which the members of a culture feel threatened by uncertain,
ambiguous and/or unstructured situations and try to avoid them
Particularism Correct Answer - Paying more attention to
individuals cases, deciding what is good and correct depending on
relationship and special friendship arrangements
Communitarianism Correct Answer - Is about the rights of the
group or society. It seeks to put the family, group, company and
country before the individual. It sees individualism as selfish and
short-sighted
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
