Michael is an employee of TechNew Corporation, a multinational enterprise based in the United States. He...

Michael is an employee of TechNew Corporation, a multinational enterprise based in the United States. He worked on an overseas managerial assignment in Chile for five years. During this period, he enjoyed a high degree of flexibility and autonomy. Michael is now set to return to the home-country office. Which of the following is most likely to happen in this scenario?

a. Michael will need to adjust to a lack of close working and reporting relationships with home-country staff upon his return.

b. Michael will be offered a generous benefit package with a net increase in total income upon his return.

c. Michael is likely to wonder about how he will be accepted back into the organization and what job he will have.

d. Michael is likely to be offered an upper management position by the management to promote ethnocentrism.

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Option C seems to be most appropriate.Since Michael is coming after five years ,there must be considerable changes in the home country office so he must be wondering how he will be accepted now.Other options offers him higher pay or senior position which might not be the case.

jeff jeffy answered 2 years ago

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