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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.
