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Which staffing approach involves filling key managerial positions with people from headquarters?
Which staffing approach involves filling key managerial positions with people from headquarters?
- Global
- Polycentric
- Ethnocentric (correct)
- Regiocentric
What is an advantage of the ethnocentric staffing approach?
What is an advantage of the ethnocentric staffing approach?
- PCNs are familiar with company goals, products, and technology (correct)
- It encourages local managerial development
- It promotes diversity and inclusion
- It facilitates easy adaptation of expatriates in foreign countries
What is a disadvantage of the ethnocentric staffing approach?
What is a disadvantage of the ethnocentric staffing approach?
- Utilizing the worldwide pool of management skill
- Lack of opportunities and development for local managers (correct)
- Promoting local managerial skills
- Effective adaptation and effectiveness of expatriates in foreign countries
Why might home country nationals be more effective at transferring core competence and technical expertise to foreign operations?
Why might home country nationals be more effective at transferring core competence and technical expertise to foreign operations?
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What is a potential consequence of perpetuating ineffective home-country processes in the ethnocentric approach?
What is a potential consequence of perpetuating ineffective home-country processes in the ethnocentric approach?
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