Module 9 Vocabulary

Question 1

The beliefs, values, mind-sets, and practices of a group of people

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

Cultural dimensions

Question 3

One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It describes how formal and authority-focused a society is.

Answer 3

Power distance

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

Individualistic

Question 5

Focused on the good of the group or society over the individual

Answer 5

Collectivist

Question 6

One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It measures how the society views traits that it considers masculine or feminine.

Answer 6

Masculinity vs femininity

Question 7

One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It measures how comfortable a society is with uncertainty.

Answer 7

Uncertainty avoidance

Question 8

One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It measures how focused a society is on traits such as perseverance and shame.

Answer 8

Long-term orientation

Question 9

One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It focuses on immediate gratification and fulfilling current social obligations.

Answer 9

Short-term orientation

Question 10

One of Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture. It measures the degree of freedom and spontaneity that is valued.

Answer 10

Indulgence vs restraint

Question 11

Concept in China that describes a connection based on reciprocity

Answer 11

Guanxi

Question 12

Related to home or place of origin

Answer 12

Domestic

Question 13

the ability to understand multiple local contexts and work within them to obtain consistent business results.

Answer 13

Cultural agility

Question 14

Companies completely owned or controlled by a parent company

Answer 14

Subsidiaries

Question 15

A focused educational program with a specific goal

Answer 15

Training

Question 16

Original information that could be firsthand accounts, raw data, or artifacts

Answer 16

Primary sources

Question 17

Information that has been passed on from an original source or interpreted

Answer 17

Secondary sources

Question 18

Department within an organization responsible for employment issues

Answer 18

Human resources

Question 19

HR strategy of hiring only people from the home country for key positions in foreign subsidiaries

Answer 19

Ethnocentric

Question 20

HR strategy that gives local hiring control to foreign subsidiaries

Answer 20

Polycentric

Question 21

HR strategy that takes a whole-world view of the company, hiring the best people for positions regardless of location

Answer 21

Geocentric

Question 22

An employee of an organization who is the citizen of the country in which the foreign subsidiary is located.

Answer 22

Host-country national

Question 23

A person who lives outside of their own native country.

Answer 23

Expatriate

Question 24

A person who is in transit and/or applying for visas in countries that are not their country of origin.

Answer 24

Third-country national

Question 25

Formal processes for evaluating an employee

Answer 25

Performance evaluations

Question 26

What an employee is paid in exchange for work

Answer 26

Compensation