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    On Different Values of Individualism in Chinese and American Cultures 1. Introduction Everyone‚ every social class and every country have their own unique values. It is the fact that value is the core of cross-culture communication and the differences of culture among countries depend on different values. Value exerts great influence on everyone’s daily life. Scores of people rely on value to obtain knowledge‚ master the basic skills and foster correct world outlook. China and America are two

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    through his power or formal position‚ but through the principles of cooperation and agreement. Being a good listener is considered to be another important quality. In discussions with his staff‚ a professional manager should use reason and base his views on facts. Getting emotional when discussing a problem is considered rather inappropriate. Power Distance The power distance in Swedish companies is among the smallest in the world‚ according to a study of 40 countries in 1984. ’Power distance’ can be

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    POWER DISTANCE IN FAMILY Most of us are born in a family‚ a very important part of our everyday life. After our birth we begin to receive a menthal education from those older than us‚ not only from our parents‚ but from our grandparents. They educates us in the spirit of correctness‚ it teaches us the value of love‚ affection‚ care‚ self-confidence and provides us advice and valuable suggestions which are necessary to get success in our life. Actually‚ as children‚ we take our parents as a

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    4.2.2.1: Power distance: The power distance dimension displays the equality in societies‚ but it also expresses how the societies’ attitude is towards the inequalities. The power distance of Belgium is 65‚ while in the Netherlands it is 38. Therefore‚ it is clear that there is a cultural difference with the power distance as shown at figure 9. Belgium: Belgium scores high with the 65 power distance‚ which means that they accept and expect inequalities. In a high power distance culture it is likely

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    Annotated Bibliography Professor Farshad Sadri 9/25/2014 Sweet land of... conformity? Americans aren’t the rugged individuals we think we are By Claude Fischer June 6‚ 2010 www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/06/06/sweet_land_of_conformity American individualism is far more complex than our national myths‚ or the soap-box rhetoric of right and left‚ would have it. It is not individualism in the libertarian sense‚ the idea that the individual comes before any group and that personal

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    Individualism in American Society A Reflection on the Repressive Desublimination of American Individualism The idea and practice of individualism has been subject to repressive desublimination in America. Repressive desublimination is when a hope‚ a need‚ that has been buried and denied by an oppressive system‚ is allowed some room to breathe‚ then co-opted and redirected back into a form that ultimately reinforces the oppressive system that denied and suppressed out hopes and needs in the

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    Power distance and Hofstede’s dimensions Introduction This paper will be about the relation between the cultural dimension ‘power distance’ and three management principles we chose and will also be about the applicability of these management principles. This is quite interesting because even though we know that the cultural dimensions‚ by Geert Hofstede‚ and the management principles‚ by Fayol‚ have something to do with each other‚ the more the cultural dimensions differ‚ the more the ranking

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    Does high power-distance culture in organizations increases the fear of reporting for workplace bullying? Introduction The objective of this study is to understand the direct relation between one of Hofstede’s (2003) four dimensions and the risk of reporting for workplace bullying in employees among various organisational culture. Culture effects on reporting of bullying incidents to management due to authoritative distance between employees and managers‚ and create dissatisfaction at job

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    American Theme-Individualism Literary works reflect the main ideas of the American mind. An American theme that is seen in various works of literature is individuality. Individuality is expressed in three different literary works from Frost‚ Chopin‚ and Paine. These works of literature aid us in developing an open mind about what the American people should expect in society. Following others doesn’t guide us in any way because it does not allow for us to express our innermost feelings. Throughout

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    Regarding to an article by Investopedia‚ the Power-Distance Index (PDI) is an index developed by Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede that measures the distribution of power and wealth between people in a nation‚ business or culture. The power-distance index seeks to demonstrate the extent to which subordinates or ordinary citizens submit to authority. The power-distance index figure is lower in countries or organizations in which authority figures work closely with those not in authority‚ and is higher

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