A Polycentric Staffing Policy

question 103

Multiple Choice

A polycentric staffing policy

• A) involves human resources policies that are created at the regional level for the specific context in which the subsidiary operations operate.
• B) results in the company hiring local managers who are familiar with the home country of the IC and with its corporate culture, policies, and practices.
• C) may confront the problem of having the best people pirated away by local firms or other IC subsidiaries.
• D) eliminates conflicts of loyalty between the host country and the employer.

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