Chapter 4 Flashcards
(27 cards)
What is cross-culture literacy?
An understanding of how cultural differences across and within nations affect how business is conducted
What is culture?
a system of values and norms shared among a group of
people and, when taken together, constitute a design for living
What is a society?
a group of people sharing a common set of values and norms. The Structured organization of the people within a certain area
What are values?
ideas about what a group believes to be good, right, and desirable.
What are norms?
the social rules that govern the actions of people toward one another.
What are folkways?
routine conventions of everyday life (attitude towards time)
What are mores?
norms that are central to the functioning of a society
and its social life.
What are the determinants of culture?
Religion, Political Philosophy, Economic Philosophy, Education, Language, Social Structure
What are Hofstede’s 6 Dimensions
- Power Distance
- Individualism vs Collectivism
- Uncertainty Avoidance
- Masculinity vs Femininity
- Long vs short-term orientation
- Indulgence vs restraint
What is power distance?
Focused on how a society deals with the fact
that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities.
What is Individualism vs Collectivism?
Focused on the relationship
between the individual and his or her fellows.
What is Uncertainty Avoidance?
The extent to which different cultures
socialize their members into accepting ambiguous situations and
tolerating ambiguity.
What is masculinity vs femininity?
The relationship between
gender and work roles.
What is long vs short-term orientation?
The level of delayed
material, social, and emotion needs gratification.
What is indulgence vs restraint?
where indulgence refers to a society that allows relatively free gratification of basic and natural
human drives related to having fun, and restraint refers to a society that suppresses gratification of needs and regulates it by
means of strict social norms
What is GLOBE?
Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness
What are GLOBE’s 9 cultural dimensions?
Power distance, uncertainty avoidance, humane orientation, institutional collectivism, in-group collectivism, assertiveness, gender egalitarianism, future orientation, and performance orientation
What is the WVS?
World Values Survey
What does the WVS do?
Explores values and norms, how they change, and their impact on society and business.
What religion is the driving force of capitalism?
Protestantism
What is Islam Fundamentalism?
Those who seek the favor of Allah through terror, war, and terrorism
What is the religious text of the Islamic faith?
The Koran
What do Hindus believe in?
Individuals can achieve nirvana by devoting their lives to spiritual ascension.
What is dharma?
A moral force in society which requires acceptance of certain responsibilites
