Cultural Dimensions According To Globe Flashcards

1
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What’s does GLOBE stand for

A

Global Leadership & Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness research programme

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2
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What did the GLOBE research programme (House et al., 2004) do

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Examine practices and values at industrial, organisational and societal level

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3
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Which dimensions for societal cultural variation did the GLOBE study develop in addition to those of Hofstede? (5)

A
  • human orientation
  • future orientation
  • performance orientation
  • assertiveness
  • gender egalitarianism
    (HuPF AG)
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4
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Define the culture construct of power distance

A

Degree expect power distributed equally

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5
Q

Managerial example of power distance

A

Followers are expected to obey their leaders without question

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6
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Define culture construct of uncertainty avoidance

A

Extent to which a society, organisation, group relies on:
- social norms, rules, procedures
To alleviate unpredictability future events

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7
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Managerial example uncertainty avoidance

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People lead highly structured lives with few unexpected events

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8
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Define culture construct humane orientation

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Degree collective encourages/rewards individuals for being:
- fair, altruistic, generous, caring, kind
To others

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9
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Managerial example of humane orientation

A

People are very tolerant of mistakes

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10
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Define collectivism 1 (institutional collectivism)

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Degree to which organisational and societal institutional practices encourage and reward collective distribution of resources and collective action

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Managerial example collectivism 1

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Leaders encourage group loyalty even if individual goals suffer

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12
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Definition culture construct collectivism 2 (in-group collectivism)

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Degree to which individuals express pride, loyalty and cohesiveness in their organisations/family

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13
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Managerial example collectivism 2

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Employees feel great loyalty towards this organisation

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14
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Define culture construct assertiveness

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Degree individuals are assertive, confrontational, aggressive in their relationship to others

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15
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Managerial example assertiveness

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People are generally dominant in their relationships to each other

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16
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Define culture construct gender egalitarianism

A

Degree to which collective minimises gender inequality

17
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Managerial example gender egalitarianism

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Boys encouraged more than girls to attain higher education (scored inversely)

18
Q

Define culture construct future orientation

A

Extent to which individuals engage in future oriented behaviours (delaying gratification, planning, investing in future)

19
Q

Example future orientation

A

More people live for the represent rather than for the future (scored inversely)

20
Q

Define culture construct: performance orientation

A

Degree to which collective encourages/rewards group members for performance improvement and excellence

21
Q

Example performance orientation

A

Students encouraged to strive for continuously improved performance

22
Q

What did the follow-up study GLOBE’s extensive research do?

A
  • examine historical, social, economic development of 25 countries
    -> compare scores to original 2004 list
23
Q

Explain the questions used in the GLOBE extensive research

A

Questions were first phrased with “is/are” to understand the way things are currently done, and then the same questions were asked again using “should” to understand the values held by respondent, so the ideal way of doing things

24
Q

List the 9 cultural constructs of GLOBE

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  1. Assertiveness
  2. Institutional collectivism (collectivism 1)
  3. In-group collectivism (collectivism 2)
  4. Future orientation
  5. Gender egalitarianism
  6. Humane orientation
  7. Performance orientation
  8. Power distance
  9. Uncertainty avoidance
25
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What are the culture clusters that GLOBE created based on previous empirical research, religions, language, geography, cultural dimensions, history, economy

A
  1. Anglo
  2. Latin Europe
  3. Nordic Europe
  4. Germanic Europe
  5. Eastern Europe
  6. Latin America
  7. Sub Saharan Africa
  8. Middle eats
  9. Southern Asia
  10. Confucian Asia