Exam 13: Multicultural Teams

People from individualistic cultures are more likely to use ________ pronouns; people from collectivistic cultures are more likely to use pronouns such as ________.

When members of different cultures interact,a mutual adaptation process takes place,however,some people might be either unwilling or incapable to making changes and adaptations necessary for effective cross-cultural teamwork.In this regard,cultural inertia means:

Countries that have collectivistic cultures also tend to be high in social power distance.

A business owner based in a developed country refuses to do business with a supplier based in a developing country because he believes that the people and business in the developing country are inferior to the people and businesses in his country.This biased belief is best called:

________ refers to an individuals' level of conscious cultural awareness and executive processing during cross-cultural interactions.Managers and leaders high in this cultural intelligence factor are more likely to develop trusting relationships with people from different cultures and have a higher likelihood of successful fusion teamwork and creativity.

Broadly speaking,people's self-concepts consist of three fundamental representations.One such self-concept is achieved by assimilating with significant others,and is based on personalized bonds of attachment.This is best termed as:

The tendency for people of a culture to see a large social distance between those in the upper part of a social or organizational structure and those in the lower part is best known as a culture's ________.

When learning about a culture,a person can observe the cultural traits of a handful of people and form a ________,which is a generalized and usually faulty belief that everyone from a given culture is the same.

Consider two types of relational focus when it comes to teamwork.People with an ________ outlook focus on the extent to which they are autonomous and unique; in contrast,people with an ________ outlook focus on the extent to which they are embedded within a larger social network.

________ is the belief that the concepts and valuesof a culture and its people cannot be fully translated into,or fully understood in,other languages; that a specific cultural artifact (e.g.,a ritual)has to be understood in terms of the larger symbolic system of which it is a part.

Exhibit 13-2 in the text reveals where different countries are positioned in terms of their culture's degree of individualism and power distance.The matrix position of countries like the United States,Great Britain and Australia would:

In regard to cultural values,in ________ cultures,members of high- and low-status groups communicate frequently,and do not go to great lengths to perpetuate differences.In ________ cultures and organizations,status differences are not easily permeated.

Cultural intelligence is made up of several factors,one of which focuses on a person's intelligence to be cognizant of the appropriate times to modify their verbal and non-verbal behavior.A person with this type of cultural intelligence would endorse statements such as: "I change my use of pause and silence to suite different cultural situations," and "I modify how close or far apart I stand when interacting with people from different cultures."

Cultural intelligence is best described as:

When assessing cultural intelligence,there are four factors that are considered when looking at behavior,awareness,and knowledge.Which of the following factors reflects a person's self-efficacy to adjust to different cultures?

One model of culture is based on a tripartite model of three cultural prototypes: face,dignity,and honor.People in high ________ cultures seek to maintain group harmony and not insult others.Communication in these cultures is highly context dependent,meaning that people do not bluntly make requests or demands,but rather signal information subtly.

One's own cultural values influence whether one uses competence or warmth to attain status and to judge the status of others.Collectivistic cultural orientation influences people's tendency to view high status people as competent,as opposed to warm.Conversely,the more individualistic people are,the more they view high status people as warm.

Cultural awareness of one's own and others' values is the first step toward becoming an effective member and leader of a multicultural team.People have four choices when it comes to adapting in multicultural context.All of the following are one of these behavior choices,EXCEPT:

People from different cultures can differ in many ways.The cultural value of egalitarianism refers to ________; the cultural value of hierarchy refers to ________.

Airbnb hosts in Japan deliberately keep quiet about their involvement with the online bed and breakfast site,concerned that their neighbors might have one bad interaction with a foreigner - more noise than is acceptable,leaving shoes where they are not permitted,or a trampled flowerbed - that might lead to problems with their landlord or police.This example of a conservative cultural outlook on behavior norms makes Japanese culture a ________ culture.