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Femininity

A cultural characteristic in which the dominant values in society are CARING for others and the quality of life.

Masculinity

A cultural characteristic in which the dominant values in society are Success, Money and Things.

Emotional culture

A culture in which emotions are expressed openly and naturally.

Neutral culture

A culture in which emotions are held in check.

Specific culture

A culture in which individuals have a large public space they readily guard closely and share with only close friends and associates.

Diffuse culture

A culture in which public space and private space are similar in size and individuals guard their public space carefully, because entry into public space affords entry into private space as well.

Ascription culture

A culture in which status is attributed based on who or what a person is

Globe

A multicountry study and evaluation of cultural attributes and leadership

Values

Basic convictions that people have regarding What is Right and Wrong, good and bad, and important and unimportant.

Achievement Culture

Culture in which people are accorded status based on how well they perform their functions.

Emotional culture

Emotions are expressed openly n naturally

Specific culture

Large public space that is shared w/ others. Small pvt space they guard n closely share with close friends.

Diffuse culture

Public and private space are similar in size and individuals

Communitarianism

Refers to people regarding themselves as a group

Particularlism

The belief that circumstances dictate how ideas n practices shld be applied and that something cannot be done the same everywhere.

Universalism

The belief that ideas n practices can be applied everywhere in the world without modification

Power distance

The extent to which less powerful members of institutions and organizations accept that power is distributed unequally

Uncertainty avoidance

The extent to which people feel threatened by ambiguous situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these.

Collectivism

The tendency of people to belong to groups or collectives and to look after each other in exchange for loyalty.

Individualism

The tendency of people to look after themselves and their family only.