Exam 5: Differences in Culture

The determinants of culture are identified with all but one of the following:

Because language shapes the way people perceive the world,it also helps define _________.

Hofstede's pioneer work on cultures was obtained from _________.

Most ________ Western countries tend to have ______ultures where explicit communication is preferred.

The four dimensions that Hofstede claimed summarised different cultures were: power distance,individualism versus collectivism,uncertainty avoidance,and masculinity versus femininity.

With individualism and individual achievement one of the most common elements of social structure in Western societies,one unintended consequence of this philosophy is:

____________an understanding of how cultural differences across and within nations can affect the way in which business is practised.

The most able and qualified individuals in a business organisation may find their route to the higher levels of the organisation blocked simply because they come from lower castes,under the teachings of __________.

Geert Hofstede expanded his original research to include a fifth dimension,Confucian dynamism,designed to capture additional cultural differences not brought out in his earlier work.All of the following countries score high on Confucian dynamism except for ________.

There are the two central components of culture - values and norms.

In business arrangements,the key to 'getting things done' in Australia is through:

Australian culture,by and large,has an emphasis on individualism.

Which of the following religions prohibits the payment or receipt of interest?

Two main dimensions of social structure are (i)the degree to which the basic unit of social organisation is the individual and (ii)the degree to which a society is stratified into classes or castes.

In countries such as the United States,class membership is most influenced by which of the following?

A ______s a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living.

Which of the following best describes the most literal meaning of 'cross-cultural literacy'?

A caste system is:

In Islamic banking,all except one of the following are honoured principles:

A form of _________ has been played out in British society in the traditional hostility between upper-middle-class managers and their working-class employees.