test 1 review part 2

Question 1

Hofstede’s masculinity-femininity dimension is a measure of a culture’s

A. distribution of roles between the sexes.

B. inclination to be kind and caring or task-focused and linear.

C. tolerance of gender-based workplace rules.

D. commitment to work (masculine) or family (feminine).

Answer 1

A. distribution of roles between the sexes.

Question 2

Hofstede’s individualism or collectivism dimension measures the degree to which people tend to be integrated into groups. (T/F)

Answer 2

True

Question 3

How do the dimensions of Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s framework help us to better understand other cultures?

A. They are meant to help us decode kinship patterns.

B. They present choices that cultural members make when they act.

C. They help us decode evil.

D. They extend Hall’s work, helping us to further understand beliefs and actions in other cultures.

Answer 3

D. They extend Hall’s work, helping us to further understand beliefs and actions in other cultures.

Question 4

Trompenaars’s particularist dimension describes a culture in which

A. people think that rules apply equally to everyone.

B. choices are avoided.

C. relationships rather than rules regulate behaviors.

D. voting is democratic.

Answer 4

A. people think that rules apply equally to everyone.

Question 5

According to Trompenaars, a culture’s attitude toward the environment can range from

A. peaceful to warlike.

B. overwhelmed by aesthetics to dominating the environment.

C. control over the environment to harmony with it.

D. submission to atheism.

Answer 5

C. control over the environment to harmony with it.