What is a key advantage of hiring home country nationals for firms with international operations?

(a) In England, to table a subject means to put it on the table for present discussion, whereas in the U.S, it means to postpone discussion.
(b) Information flows to managers in the U.S., whereas in Europe, South Africa and other centralized cultures, managers must take the initiative to seek out information.
(c) Arabs, Europeans and many other cultures resent the tendency of Americans to be direct in their communications and to get to the point.
(d) There are 16 ways to avoid saying "no" in Japan.
(e) When something is described as inconvenient by the Chinese, this means that it is impossible.
(f) Expressions of anger are unacceptable in some countries, and in others public displays of anger are taboo.
(g) In many foreign countries, silence is treated as "communication space" that belongs to the message sender, whereas in the U.S., it is not discourteous to interrupt or break silences.
(h) Gesturing with one's hands is acceptable in the U.S, but not in many foreign countries.

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