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Which of the following are skills needed to become global manager material? |
| | A) | cultural responsiveness |
| | B) | global perspective |
| | C) | cultural adaptability |
| | D) | all of the above |
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_________ characterized by "I" and "me" cultures gives priority to individual freedom and choice. |
| | A) | Individualistic Culture |
| | B) | Holistic Culture |
| | C) | Collectivist Culture |
| | D) | Passive Culture |
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Which of the following is not a reason for failure of US expatriate managers? |
| | A) | Family problems. |
| | B) | The manager is emotionally immature. |
| | C) | The manager is not technically competent. |
| | D) | All of the above are reasons U.S. expatriate managers fail. |
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Which of the following is a cultural dimension from the GLOBE project? |
| | A) | In-group collectivism |
| | B) | Performance orientation |
| | C) | Power distance |
| | D) | All of the above |
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The four components of the Foreign Assignment Cycle include |
| | A) | selection and training, arrival and adjustment, settling in and acculturating, and experiencing lack of support. |
| | B) | selection and training, setting unrealistic expectations, arrival and adjustment, experiencing culture shock. |
| | C) | returning home to readjust, experiencing lack of support, setting unrealistic expectations, and experiencing culture shock. |
| | D) | selection and training, arrival and adjustment, settling in and acculturating, and returning home and adjusting. |
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Anxiety and shock caused by an overload of new experiences and cues is called |
| | A) | cross-cultural training. |
| | B) | culture shock. |
| | C) | re-entry syndrome. |
| | D) | unrealistic expectations. |
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The best defense for culture shock is |
| | A) | language studies. |
| | B) | engaging in familiar cultural experiences. |
| | C) | cross-cultural training. |
| | D) | a and c only |
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When it comes to future orientation, a cultural dimension from the GLOBE project, Russia ranked _________. |
| | A) | Lowest |
| | B) | Highest |
| | C) | Higher than Morocco but lower than Hungary |
| | D) | None of the above |
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What are some areas for potential reentry shock? |
| | A) | work |
| | B) | social activities |
| | C) | climate |
| | D) | all of the above |
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_________ is best represented as taken-for-granted assumptions about how to think and act. |
| | A) | Societal culture |
| | B) | Ethnocentrism |
| | C) | Individualistic culture |
| | D) | Polychronic culture |
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