International Business 3rd Edition - Charles HillIrwin McGraw-Hill
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 Chapter 18: Global Human Resource Management



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Critical Discussion Questions

  1. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of the ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric approaches to staffing policy? When is each approach appropriate?

  2. Research suggests that many expatriate employees encounter problems that limit both their effectiveness in a foreign posting and their contribution to the company when they return home. What are the main causes and consequences of these problems, and how might a firm reduce the occurrence of such problems?

  3. What is the link between an international business's strategy and its human resource management policies, particularly with regard to the use of expatriate employees and their pay scale?

  4. In what ways can organized labor constrain the strategic choices of an international business? How can an international business limit these constraints?



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