Exam 4: Differences in Culture

In countries where the value of group identification is considered to be primary,managers and workers are discouraged from moving from company to company.

Class consciousness refers to a condition where people tend to perceive themselves in terms of their class background.

An act,as simple as shaking hands when meeting new people is an example of:

Mores are:

International businesses that are ill-informed about the practices of another culture are likely to fail.

Max Weber thought that devout Hindus would be less likely to engage in entrepreneurial activity than devout Protestants.

Confucianism is a religion.

Consider the influence of Confucian ethics on the economies of China,Japan,South Korea,and Taiwan.

Hindus believe:

Which of the following statements about mores is true?

Discuss the limitations of Hofstede's research.

A caste system differs from a class system because:

_____ is/are best defined as shared assumptions about how things ought to be.

Discuss why the stratification of a society is important to business.

Discuss the ideas of Max Weber.What is the Protestant work ethic? Why is it important to the world economy?

Even if a country can be characterized as having a single homogenous culture,often that national culture is a mosaic of subcultures.

Explain the concept of social stratification.

Describe the four dimensions of culture as identified by Geert Hofstede.

Three values central to the Confucian system of ethics have very important economic implications.Which of the following is NOT one among them?

A _____ is a less rigid form of social stratification in which social mobility is possible.