New Information Technologies Can Assist in Dealing with Culture Shock

question 11

Multiple Choice

New information technologies can assist in dealing with culture shock by

• A) reminding us that we are miserable in the new environment.
• B) helping us communicate more easily and more often with friends and family back home.
• C) creating an opportunity to describe one's feelings of alienation and homesickness, thus reducing stresses and strains of the adaptation.
• D) B and C.

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Definitions:

Control

The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events, especially in the context of corporate governance or management.

Special Purpose Entities

Legal entities created by a parent company to isolate financial risk and conduct specific activities while protecting the parent company financially.

Primary Beneficiary

The main individual or entity designated to receive the benefits or payouts from an insurance policy, trust, or other financial instrument.

Consolidated

Referring to the financial statements that combine the financial information of a parent company with its subsidiaries to present as a single entity.