200 words each question with one citation and include in-text citation.
1. What is the impact of culture on IHRM?
2. What two major structuring issues does a multinational face concerning the parent-country headquarters and subsidiaries?
3. Country of origin influences the firm’s approach to organization structure. As MNEs from China and India internationalize, to what extent are they likely to differ from that observed for Japanese, European, and US MNEs?
4. What are some typical problems that arise during a cross-border merger/acquisition?
5. In which way do cultural and institutional differences impact the HR integration in M&As and in IJVs?
6. What are some of the disadvantages to an ethnocentric approach of managing and staffing subsidiaries?
7. What are the primary reasons for international assignments?
8. When selecting an employee for an expatriate position, is prior experience with international assignments generally a requirement?
9. Should multinationals be concerned about expatriate failure? If so, why?
10. What has changed about MNE policy concerning pre-departure expatriate training in recent years?