M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow

Exercise 35

Scenario: International Manufacturing Trading
International Manufacturing Trading (IMT) is a medium-sized, U.S. company rapidly expanding in the Asian and Far East markets. The company has decided to open a manufacturing plant in Taiwan and Malaysia. IMT will send top key managers from the U.S. office and will hire the lower level managers and employees from the local markets. IMT managers realize that there will be some cultural differences but are unsure of what and how much.
IMT managers should know that employees from cultures with a high power distance are more likely to:
A) use their power to obtain undue favors.
B) encourage participative decision making.
C) use laissez-faire leadership in decision making.
D) give their power to others as a sign of friendship.
E) readily accept the high status of other people in the organization.