CBA 300 - CH 4

Entrepreneurs and business-owners of high uncertainty avoidance cultures will be more willing to take risks and make change.

False

People who violate folkways are considered to be evil or bad.

False

Which of the following is a disadvantage of a high degree of managerial mobility between companies? a) Lack of loyalty and commitment to an individual company b) Executives are not exposed to different ways of doing business c) Decrease in entrepreneurship d) Stagnation of the economy

a) Lack of loyalty and commitment to an individual company

The belief in the superiority of one's own culture is known as a) ethnocentrism. b) cultural relativism. c) cross-cultural literacy. d) the convergence hypothesis.

a) ethnocentrism.

Folkways are a) the routine conventions of everyday life. b) abstract ideas about what a group believes to be good, right, and desirable. c) norms that are seen as central to the functioning of a society and to its social life. d) a group of people who share a common set of values and norms.

a) the routine conventions of everyday life.

Which of the following statements is true about caste systems? a) In a caste system, social position is determined by individual performance. b) A caste system is an open system of stratification. c) A caste system is characterized by high social mobility . d) A caste system is a rigid form of social stratification .

d) A caste system is a rigid form of social stratification

What is the concept of understanding how cultural differences across and within a nation can affect the way business is conducted? a) Social strata b) Cultural norms c) Social consciousness d) Cross-cultural literacy

d) Cross-cultural literacy

A mudarabah contract of Islamic banks is similar to a profit-sharing scheme.

True

Hofstede's power distance dimension focused on how a society deals with the fact that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities.

True

Hofstede's masculinity versus femininity dimension examined a) The extent to which different cultures socialized women into toleration uncertainty. b) The relationship between gender and work roles. c) The cultural changes resulting from women's liberation movement. d) The impact of education on the gender roles attributed to men and women.

b) The relationship between gender and work roles.