Which attitude tends to transfer home country practices and views them as superior?

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Which attitude tends to transfer home country practices and views them as superior?

Ethnocentric attitude involves believing that the home country’s ways are superior and should be transplanted into other countries. This mindset leads managers to transfer home practices, policies, and management styles to foreign subsidiaries and to expect local teams to conform, often dismissing local alternatives as less valid. That direct bias toward home practices being best is exactly what the option describes. In contrast, other approaches shift the focus. A polycentric stance favors local practices and autonomy, not home superiority. A geocentric approach looks for the best solution from anywhere in the world, without prioritizing home over host. Parochialism tends to involve a narrow, limited view that ignores broader international differences, rather than explicitly declaring home practices superior.

Ethnocentric attitude involves believing that the home country’s ways are superior and should be transplanted into other countries. This mindset leads managers to transfer home practices, policies, and management styles to foreign subsidiaries and to expect local teams to conform, often dismissing local alternatives as less valid. That direct bias toward home practices being best is exactly what the option describes.

In contrast, other approaches shift the focus. A polycentric stance favors local practices and autonomy, not home superiority. A geocentric approach looks for the best solution from anywhere in the world, without prioritizing home over host. Parochialism tends to involve a narrow, limited view that ignores broader international differences, rather than explicitly declaring home practices superior.

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