Module 9 Vocabulary Flashcards
The beliefs, values, mind-sets, and practices of a group of people
Culture
A framework for cross-cultural communication, developed by Geert Hofstede that shows the effects of a society’s culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior.
Cultural dimensions
One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It describes how formal and authority-focused a society is.
Power distance
One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It measures how focused people are on their immediate circle at the expense of the greater group.
Individualistic
Focused on the good of the group or society over the individual
Collectivist
One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It measures how the society views traits that it considers masculine or feminine.
Masculinity vs femininity
One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It measures how comfortable a society is with uncertainty.
Uncertainty avoidance
One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It measures how focused a society is on traits such as perseverance and shame.
Long-term orientation
One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It focuses on immediate gratification and fulfilling current social obligations.
Short-term orientation
One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It measures the degree of freedom and spontaneity that is valued.
Indulgence vs restraint
Concept in China that describes a connection based on reciprocity
Guanxi
Related to home or place of origin
Domestic
the ability to understand multiple local contexts and work within them to obtain consistent business results.
Cultural agility
Companies completely owned or controlled by a parent company
Subsidiaries
A focused educational program with a specific goal
Training
Original information that could be firsthand accounts, raw data, or artifacts
Primary sources
Information that has been passed on from an original source or interpreted
Secondary sources
Department within an organization responsible for employment issues
Human resources
HR strategy of hiring only people from the home country for key positions in foreign subsidiaries
Ethnocentric
HR strategy that gives local hiring control to foreign subsidiaries
Polycentric
HR strategy that takes a whole-world view of the company, hiring the best people for positions regardless of location
Geocentric
An employee of an organization who is the citizen of the country in which the foreign subsidiary is located.
Host-country national
A person who lives outside of their own native country.
Expatriate
A person who is in transit and/or applying for visas in countries that are not their country of origin.
Third-country national
Formal processes for evaluating an employee
Performance evaluations
What an employee is paid in exchange for work
Compensation
