Theories Are Derived Directly from Observations

question 71

True/False

Theories are derived directly from observations.

Grasp the concept of a multinational strategy and its implications for product and service diversity across geographies.

Identify and categorize the dimensions of cross-cultural competencies necessary for international employee adjustment.

Recognize the importance of expatriate training for global competence and the types of training effective in this context.

Differentiate between parent-country nationals and subsidiary-country nationals in the context of international business.

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Definitions:

Effortless

Achieved with remarkable ease and without apparent difficulty or exertion.

Representativeness Heuristic

A mental shortcut that involves making judgments about the probability of an event under uncertainty, based on how much it resembles the typical case.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person’s mind when evaluating a topic, concept, method, or decision.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.