Which of the Following Causes Overseas Assignments to Fail

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following causes overseas assignments to fail?

• A) including an employee's family in orientation programs
• B) high tolerance of ambiguity
• C) asking employees to self-manage the repatriation process
• D) developing technical skills over cross-cultural preparation

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Definitions:

Compulsions

Actions or thoughts repeatedly carried out by a person compelled by an obsession or by strict rules.

GAF

Global Assessment of Functioning; a numeric scale (0 to 100) used by mental health clinicians and physicians to subjectively rate the social, occupational, and psychological functioning of adults.

Axis 4

Refers to the classification in previous versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) that dealt with psychosocial and environmental problems affecting diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

DSM-IV-TR

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision; a 2000 update to the American Psychiatric Association's classification and diagnostic tool of mental disorders.