International Hrm Flashcards

1
Q

Selection of overseas managers types

A

Home-country nationals

Host-country nationals

Third-country nationals

Inpatriates

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2
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What is a home-country nationals

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Expatriates

Citizens of the country where the MNC is headquartered

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3
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What is Host-country nationals

A

Local managers hired by MNC

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4
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What is Third-country nationals?

A

Managers who are citizens of countries other than where the MNC is headquartered of the one they are assigned to work in

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5
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What are Inpatriates?

A

Individuals from a host country of third-country who are assigned to work in the home country

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6
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Types of MNCs

Perlmutter 1969

A

Ethnocentric organisations

Polycentric organisations

Geocentric organisations

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7
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What do ethnocentric organisations do?

A

Majority of managers recruited from home or parent country

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8
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Polycentric

A

Local nationals are appointed

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9
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Geocentric organisations

A

Managers are not appointed according to their country of origin

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