Chapter 15 MC

A culture is characterized by easygoing and flexible people who take each day as it comes is one that is _______

A weak in uncertainty avoidance

In _______ cultures, people are expected to look after the interest of the larger community, which is expected to protect people when they are in trouble

Collectivist

_________ cultures tend to have flatter salary structures

Collectivist

Which of the following is most likely a collectivist country?

Colombia

Which of the following is true of how human capital affects foreign investment in a country?

Countries that invest in education are likely to attract direct foreign investment

Which of the following is likely to be valued most in a feminine culture?

Solidarity

Which of the following is true of cultures that are strong in uncertainty avoidance?

These cultures condition people to seek security through technology and law

_________ describes how cultures seek to deal with the fact that the future is not perfectly predictable.

Uncertainty avoidance

According to Hofstede, a country's economic health is positively correlated with ________

individualistic cultures

US companies tend to relocate their low skill high wage manufacturing and assembly jobs to Mexico because it has a _______

low level of human capital

A country with a large power distance...

maintains the inequalities in wealth among different sections of the society

Countries such as Mexico with low human capital are likely to attract...

unionized low skill high wage jobs

Sam visits Mexico for a business meeting. At the meeting, Sam addresses the vice president of the firm by his first name rather than using his title. This is considered offensive. In the context of Hofstede's cultural dimensions, this difference in cultures is part of the ________ dimension.

power distance

In the context of Hofstede's cultural dimensions, the masculinity-femininity dimension describes...

the division of roles between the sexes within a society

_________ usually exhibit greater differences between the highest and lowest paid individuals in an organization

Individualistic cultures

Which of the following is most likely to occur during the communication process of an organization in a collective culture?

Participative management

Which of the following is likely to be valued most in a masculine culture?

Performance

Which of the following is likely to be valued in a culture with a long-term orientation?

Persistence

Which of the following cultural dimensions describes the degree of inequality among people that is considered normal?

Power distance

Which of the following is most likely to be valued in feminine cultures?

Relationships

Which of the following is likely to be valued in a culture with a short term orientation?

Tradition