Which of the Following Best Explains the Low Percentage of Women

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains the low percentage of women chosen for international assignments in the United States?

• A) The traditional role of women as homemakers and caregivers does not allow for international assignments.
• B) Women managers from the United States have a poorer track record when compared to their male counterparts.
• C) Prejudice faced by American women executives in foreign, male-dominated societies is exaggerated.
• D) There is a wide spread belief that roles of women in male-dominated societies precludes women from being successful in these societies.
• E) Expenses involved in sending a women executive abroad are far higher than the expenses in sending a man abroad.

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