Chapter 2 The Cultural Environments Facing Business(8)

INTERNATIONAL OPERATION MANAGEMENT

23) Internationally, how does a person's competence affect his or her eligibility for employment and promotion?

A) Competence is more important for hiring than for promotion.

B) Competence is more important in family-owned companies.

C) National norms differ.

D) Unless MNEs hire and promote abroad on the basis of competence, they meet resistance to new management practices.

Answer: C

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Skill: Concept

Objective: STUDY QUESTION 2.6: What are major ways in which societies rank people? What social stratification systems exist? Why is an understanding of social stratification important in international business?

AACSB: Multicultural and Diversity

24) The more closed a society is, the more important ________ group membership is.

A) acquired

B) age-based

C) education

D) ascribed

Answer: D

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Skill: Concept

Objective: STUDY QUESTION 2.6: What are major ways in which societies rank people? What social stratification systems exist? Why is an understanding of social stratification important in international business?

AACSB: Multicultural and Diversity

25) There is a strong correlation between the intensity of religious belief (regardless of the specific system) and ________.

A) the desire to take productivity gains in the form of more income rather than leisure

B) adherence to attributes that lead to economic growth, such as obeying laws and being thrifty

C) the belief that material success is related to salvation

D) the degree of ethnocentrism exhibited in a culture

Answer: B

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Skill: Concept

Objective: STUDY QUESTION 2.7: Describe the major theories that explain why work motivation may differ from one country to another.

AACSB: Multicultural and Diversity