Jade International is a highly diversified global firm with headquarters in New Jersey. It manufactures a variety of products ranging from home security systems to automotive components. Jade's 100,000 employees work at facilities located in more than 60 countries around the world. Jade frequently sends American managers overseas to manage the firm's foreign facilities. The HR department is considering the idea of redesigning Jade's expatriate support services program.Which of the following, if true, best supports Jade's decision to provide assistance to trailing spouses in finding jobs overseas?
A) Jade puts great emphasis on promoting the role of women in global management.B) The majority of Jade's expatriate managers have long-term international experience.C) Jade has lost a significant chunk of its global cadre in the recent past owing to its failure to offer feasible options to address the dual-career couples dilemma.D) Female managers at Jade have reported discriminatory treatment while on overseas assignments.

The answer is (C) Jade has lost a significant chunk of its global cadre in the recent past owing to its failure to offer feasible options to address the dual-career couples dilemma.

Explanation:

This is a commonplace problem for expatriates who are married, and with both husband and wife thriving in their respective careers. If both individuals have office-based jobs that require them to be based from certain locations, an international work placement for either one would be difficult for either partner to accept if they do not wish to be away from their partners. If the company cannot come up with a good solution to this issue, they will have significant amount of talents that are not appropriately used to their extent – or worse, losing a number of them to competing firms.