Chapter 5 Country And Company Culture Flashcards

Question

Communitarianism

Answer 1

The Group is more important than the individual. Cultures: Latin America, Africa, and Japan

Answer 2

People make a great effort to control their emotions. Reason influences their actions for more than their feelings. People don’t reveal what they’re thinking or how they’re feeling. Cultures: Eastern Europe ``` UK Sweden Netherlands Finland Germany ```

Answer 3

People want to find ways to express their emotions, even spontaneously, at work and in social situations. Cultures: ``` Poland Italy France Spain Latin America ```

Answer 4

People keep work and personal lives separate. Cultures: ``` UK US Swiss Germany Netherlands ```

Answer 5

People see an overlap between their work and personal lives they believe that good relationships are vital to meeting business objectives, and that their relationships with others will be important. Cultures: ``` Argentina Spain Russia India China ```

Answer 6

Value performance no matter who you are. Assumed that you earned your status. US Canada Australia Scandinavia

Answer 7

People believe that you should be valued for who you are. Societal roles and jobs are passed down. Cultures: France Italy Japan Saudi Arabia

Answer 8

People like events to happen in order they place a high value on punctuality, planning and sticking to your plans and staying on schedule. Cultures: Germany UK US

Answer 9

People see the past, present, and future as interwoven periods. They often work on several projects at once, and view plans and commitments as flexible. Cultures: Japan Argentina Mexico

Answer 10

People believe that they can control nature for their environment to achieve goals, this includes how they work with teams and within organizations. Cultures: US Australia New Zealand UK

Answer 11

People believe that nature, or their environment, controls them; they must work with their environment to achieve goals. At work or in relationships, they focus their actions on others, and they avoid conflict where possible. People often need reassurance that they’re doing a good job. China Russia Saudi Arabia

Answer 12

``` Aus Canada Ireland New z SA UK US ```

Answer 13

``` Abu Bahrain Kuwait Oman Saudi UAE ```

Answer 14

``` HK China Indo My Phil Sing Burt Taiwan Thai ```

Answer 15

Austria Germ Swiss

Answer 16

``` Argen Chile Colombia Mexico Peru Venezuela ```

Answer 17

``` Belgium France Italy Port Spain ```

Answer 18

Greece Iran Turkey

Answer 19

Denmark Finland Norway Sweden

Answer 20

``` Brazil India Israel Japan South Korea ``` BIIJS

Answer 21

Deal vs relationship Informal vs formal Rigid vs fluid Expressive vs reserved

Answer 22

Some culture value relationships more then the deal and vice versa. Doing business together makes it very difficult.

Answer 23

Issues arise when travelers form informal cultures come across more formal cultures.

Answer 24

Some cultures focus more on the rigid ness of a clock while others are more focused on building relationships.

Answer 25

Differences across cultures

Answer 26

The same across all cultures

Answer 27

Metric - surveys wording when translated. Fixed by back translating it. Conceptual- words and scales have the same meaning. Functional- words used are viewed similarly in each culture.