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Global HRM

Notes Selection: It is the process of choosing the best applicant among the pool of the applicants.
Temps: Process of recruitment of temporary, part-time and contract workers.

5.8 Review Questions

1. Being the HR of the company, justify the use of PCN, TCN and HCN (various nationality
groups) in selecting managers for the international assignments.
2. Examine the factors to be taken into account while selecting expatriates.
3. Critically examine the factors that lead to the failures of the expatriates in the international
assignments.
4. Explain the theoretical mode developed to explain the factors involved in effectively
adjusting to overseas assignments.
5. What factors do you think plays a dominant role in failure of the expatriates?
6. Analyse the general and specific factors contributing to the success of expatriates.
7. Critically examine the factors that lead to the modification of the expatriate performance
in international assignments.
8. Outline the reasons for the shortage of the women expatriates in international assignments.
Justify giving examples.
9. Differentiate among PCNs, TCNs and HCNs.
10. How recruitment and selection process in international assignment affects the performance
of the expatriates? Justify giving examples.
Answers: Self Assessment

1. Attracts 2. Planning
3. Referrals 4. Ethnocentric
5. Geocentric 6. Experiences
7. Host 8. HCNs

9. Selection 10. Ethic
11. True 12. False
13. True 14. False
15. True 16. True

17. True 18. False
19. True

5.9 Further Readings

Books Dowling, P. J. and Welch, D. E. (1999). International Human Resources Management.
4th ed. CENGAGE Learning.

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