Exam 2 Flashcards
(27 cards)
Pervasive and shared beliefs, norms, values, and symbols that guide everyday life.
Culture
Both prescribe and proscribe behaviors.
Culture Norms
What is good/holy/beautiful in life; legitimate goals for life.
Culture Values
Represent our understandings about what is true.
Culture Beliefs
Communicate the norms, values, and beliefs of a society or a group to its members.
Culture Symbols/Stories/Rituals
An easily observable aspect of culture.
Front-stage Culture
Only insiders or members of the culture understand other aspects of culture.
Back-stage Culture
The dominant culture within the political boundries of the nation-state.
National Culture
Norms, values, and beliefs that pertain to business in a culture.
Business Culture
Norms, values, beliefs, and expected ways of behaving for people in the same occupational group.
Occupational Culture
The set of important understandings that members of an organization share.
Organizational Culture
What are the 3 levels of culture?
- National Culture
- Business Culture
- Organizational and Occupational Culture
What are Hofstede’s 5 dimensions of basic values?
- Power Distance
- Uncertainty Avoidance
- Individualism/Collectivism
- Masculinity/Femininity
- Long-term Orientation
What are GLOBE’s unique dimensions (added onto Hofstede’s?
- Performance Orientation
2. Humane Orientation
Builds on traditional anthropological approaches to understanding culture.
7d Culture Dimensions
What is the 7d’s of Culture dimensions?
- Universalism/Particularism
- Collectivism/Individualism
- Neutral/Affective
- Diffuse/Specific
- Achievement/Ascription
- Sequential/Synchronic
- Internal/External Control
The right way is based on abstract principles such as rules, law, religion.
Universalistic
Each judgment represents a unique situation that can be dealt with based on relationships.
Particularistic
Interactions are objective and detached; Focus is on tasks rather than relationships.
Neutral
Emotions are appropriate in all situations.
Affective
Business is segregated from other parts of life; Contracts often delineate relationships.
Specific
Business relationships encompassing/involving; Private and segregated space is small.
Diffuse
People earn status based on performance and accomplishments.
Achievement
Characteristics or associations define status. E.g., status based on schools or universities.
Ascription
