Exam 2: The Cultural Environments Facing Business

Which of the following languages has the most NATIVE speakers?

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about culture?

When divergent cultures come in contact,________ occurs.

Which of the following is NOT true about cultural diversity?

In societies where trust is high,there tends to be a lower cost of doing business.

According to experts,stakeholder participation in decision making is effective only in countries with an educated population.

The fact that an English word such as blue-jeans has entered the Spanish language,while a Spanish word such as macho has come into American English illustrates that ________.

Certain attitudes can link groups,such as managers,from different nations more closely than managers within a given nation.As a result,international businesspeople should most likely ________.

What is the difference between a low-context culture and a high-context culture? How do these differences affect communication in international business dealings?

Studies indicate a strong correlation between the intensity of religious belief and ________.

In a(n)________ culture,people tend to regard seemingly peripheral information as pertinent to decision making and infer meanings from things that people say either indirectly or casually.

Cultural change imposed by an alien culture is called ________.

Which of the following best describes a result of cultural collision in international business?

Although countries are similar in terms of having a mandatory retirement age,they differ in what that age is.

In societies where trust is high,________.

Which of the following statements about the English language is most likely NOT true?

Jack,an American accounts manager,is preparing a presentation for a group of Japanese business people.Jack's presentation would be most effective if he ________.

________ people account for the largest percentage of global production.

Assume a firm has operations in Tokyo,where there is a collectivist culture.Which of the following would most likely motivate the firm's Japanese employees?

National origin is an acquired group membership.