Hiring and Promoting Employees on the Basis of the Specific

question 18

Multiple Choice

Hiring and promoting employees on the basis of the specific local context in which the subsidiary operates refers to:

• A)an ethnocentric orientation.
• B)a polycentric orientation.
• C)a regiocentric orientation.
• D)a geocentric orientation.
• E)a sociocentric orientation.

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Definitions:

Social Comparison

The method in which people assess their own skills, accomplishments, and situations relative to other individuals.

Reciprocity Norm

A social norm that expects individuals to help those who have helped them, promoting mutual aid and support.

Milgram's Obedience Studies

A series of psychological experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to measure the willingness of participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.

Obedience To Authority

The act of following orders or directives from someone in a position of power, even if they conflict with personal morals or societal norms.