Chap 10 Flashcards
1
Q
- Which of the following ultimately determines whether an employee will want to continue his or her level and quality of effort?
A
Employee Perception Rewards
2
Q
- Compensation ultimately involves an individual determination of __________ in exchange for work effort.
A
Value
3
Q
- Which of the following objectives should be part of an effective overall compensation strategy for managing a global workforce?
A
Facilitate International Transfers
4
Q
- Individual performance-pay approaches tend to emphasize the importance of individual
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Accountability and Responsibility
5
Q
- In this organization-based compensation approach, employees tend to be rewarded on a regular basis according to an established performance measure, such as monthly level of work unit productivity
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Gain Sharing
6
Q
- The use of targeted performance-dependent or “at risk” pay is:
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Increasing Globally
7
Q
- A comprehensive, total reward system perspective likely would include these major forms of compensation: direct and indirect financial, job-related, and…
A
Work Enviroment
8
Q
- __________ to fit individual employee needs is increasingly recognized as one of the most commonly described forms of rewards for all levels of employees throughout the world.
A
Work Flexibility
9
Q
- There is an increasingly strong push to manage reward systems globally for at least three reasons: achieving economies of scale, building unique firm capability, and…
A
Gaining Workforce Alignment
10
Q
- Four variable contextual factors for determining the appropriate degree of emphasis on a global versus local perspective in designing compensation systems include heterogeneity, pervasiveness, strength of enforcement, and
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Formalization
11
Q
- The purpose of the __________ approach is to help expatriates avoid personal sacrifice in standard of living or financial loss due to the expatriate assignment, as well as provide an attractive incentive for accepting the assignment.
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Balanced Sheet
12
Q
- For expatriates needing tax adjustments, in most cases the __________ method is used where MNCs deduct income taxes from the expatriate’s salary at the rate that would normally be paid in the home country, and then pay any additional tax owed due to the higher local tax rates in the host country.
A
Tax Equalization
13
Q
The practice of __________ involves making at least part of an employee’s compensation contingent on achieving individual, group, or organization work objectives.
A
Pay for Performance
14
Q
Individual managers tend to have greatest control over this from of employee reward, which is highly motivating?
A
Work Related
