With regard to expatriate performance appraisal, host-country managers may have a clearer picture of expatriate performance and can take into consideration contextual criteria. However, they may have culturally bound biases (e.g. about role behavior) and lack an appreciation of the impact of the expatriate's performance in the broader organizational context. As the IHRM in Action Case 6.1 illustrates, some expatriates may prefer to have parent-company evaluators given that their future career progression may depend on how the appraisal data is utilized back at headquarters. This may be especially so in cases where foreign operations are relatively less important than, say, domestic US operations. Others may prefer a host-country appraisal if they perceive it as a more accurate reflection of their performance