Exam 3: Differences in Culture

American culture has changed and it is easier now for women to gain senior management positions than men.

The term social strata refers to the extent to which individuals can move out of the strata into which they were born.

According to sociologists,which of the following branches of Christianity has the most important economic implications?

Members of high uncertainty avoidance cultures were characterized by a greater readiness to take risks and less emotional resistance to change.

Religion may be defined as:

Explain how the Koran views business.

These strata are typically defined on the basis of characteristics such as family background,occupation,and income.

China's Communist rule strengthened class divisions.

The belief in the superiority of one's own culture is known as:

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

According to Max Weber:

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

The system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living best defines:

There is a one-to-one correspondence between culture and the nation-state.

Discuss the spoken language.Which is the most spoken language in the world? What language is used in business? Is it important to learn a foreign language?

Unlike Hinduism,Buddhism does not support the caste system.

Hofstede's dimension of Confucian dynamism:

_____ are the routine conventions of everyday life.

Which of the following observations is correct?

During the 1960s and 1970s,class divisions in _____ raised the cost of doing business there,relative to other European countries.