A polycentric staffing policy

A. 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.
B. involves human resources policies that are created at the regional level for the specific context in which the subsidiary operations operate.
C. eliminates conflicts of loyalty between the host country and the employer.
D. may confront the problem of having the best people pirated away by local firms or other IC subsidiaries.


Answer: D

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