Patrice Doesn't Know If She Can Adjust to the Poor

question 98

Multiple Choice

Patrice doesn't know if she can adjust to the poor health care, lower housing standards, and inhospitable climate in the foreign country where she has recently been assigned. Which of Mendenhall and Oddou's four dimensions that predict success in a foreign posting does Patrice need to acquire?

• A) perceptual ability
• B) cultural toughness
• C) self-orientation
• D) others-orientation
• E) self-confidence

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Team

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