Quiz Three

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

True

According to Geert Hofstede's dimensions of culture, when compared with organizations in high-power-distance countries, organizations in low-power-distance countries generally are decentralized and have flatter organization structures.

False

A diffusion culture is one in which people are accorded status based on how well they perform their functions

True

A neutral culture is one in which emotions are held in check

True

Asian cultures primarily exhibit long-term orientation

False

Collectivism in Japan is on the rise, indicating that Japanese values are changing.

False

Hofstede found that wealthy countries have higher collectivism scores and poorer countries higher individualism scores

True

In China, Confucianism, which was overshadowed, is slowly gaining popularity once again, emphasizing respect for authority, concern for others, balance, harmony, and overall order.

False

In the context of Dutch researcher, Fons Trompenaar's relationship orientations, people in high-communitarianism societies stress personal and individual matters

False

In the context of Hofstede's original four dimensions, countries with low-uncertainty-avoidance cultures have a great deal of structuring of organizational activities, more written rules, less risk taking by managers, lower labor turnover, and less ambitious employees

True

In the context of Hofstede's original four dimensions, cultures with a high masculinity index tend favor earnings, advancement, and challenge

True

In the context of Hofstede's original four dimensions, organizations in high-power-distance countries will tend to be centralized and have tall organization structures structures

True

In the context of Hofstede's original four dimensions, power distance is "the extent to which less powerful members of in institutions and organizations accept that power is distributed unequally

True

In the context of cultural diversity, a supplemental way of understanding cultural differences is to compare culture as a normal distribution and then to examine it in terms of stereotyping

False

In the context of the GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness) project, phases one and two examined the interactions of cultures and leadership in upper-level management positions

False

In the context of the characteristics of culture, transgenerational means that culture has structure and is integrated; a change in one part will bring changes in another

False

Masculinity versus femininity is the extent to which people feel threatened by ambiguous situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these

False

Nations that are collectivist in their approach tend to be characterized by large power distance and weak uncertainty avoidance.

True

The word culture comes from the Latin culture, which is related to cult or worship

True

Universalism is the belief that ideas and practices can be applied everywhere without modification