Cultural Diversity Paper Power Distance & Employee Satifaction Summary The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between power distance and employee satisfaction. Power distance is one of Geert Hofstede´s five cultural dimensions. Hofstede is a Dutch sociologist that has been studying cultures for over 40 years. Power distance can be defined as “the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is
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illustrate the changes and development of the creative/cultural industry due to the effects of globalisation. Globalisation‚ according to the Collins Dictionary is “"process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally‚ largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications". “The cultural industries have moved closer to the centre of the economic action in many countries and across much of the world. Cultural industry companies can no longer be seen as secondary
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stable mind as well. In a perfect world there would be no illness to be had for anyone‚ but since this is no perfect world by anyone’s comparison being able to have great health or the means of it is better than nothing at all. The impact of cultural variations on intercultural interpersonal relationships with
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Hofstede Cultural dimensions: India is a vast country known for its diversified culture and traditions. The unique characteristic of India is its “unity in diversity”. In India Relationships and feeling plays a larger role in decisions. Indians tend to take larger risks with a person whose intentions they trust. Thus‚ one’s credibility and trustworthiness are critical in negotiating a deal. Indians are ‘polychronic’ people‚ ie they tend to deal with more than one task at the same time. Indians
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Hofstede cultural dimensions 5 dimensions Power distance is defined as "the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally". Individualism pertains to societies in which the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after himself or herself and his or her immediate family. Collectivism as its opposite pertains to societies in which people from birth onwards are integrated
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used to generate an infinite variety of messages (Wayne Weiten‚ 2008). The universal concept of language refers to the cognitive faculty that allowing human being to learn and also use the system of complex communication in their daily life. As for cultural identity‚ it is being defined as the identity of a certain group of culture of a particular person. In American anthropology‚ culture can be interpreted as sets of ideal life practices and routines that are being set up by people that come from different
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their business with a very rigid and professional posture‚ Brazil handle their business with a more open communication policy‚ whereas South Africa has a very casual approach to handling their business. Technology can be a helpful tool with cross-cultural communications between America and all the other countries in the world. With video conferencing‚ many executives from around the world have the ability to talk to each other from their very own offices. Technology has eliminated the expense for
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Conference Week 8 Question: 1.What led to the traumatic events in Tiananmen Square in 1989? Why did China’s leadership react to the students as they did? How would you characterize political reform in China under Deng Xiaoping and his successors? The reasons that led to the event in Tiananmen Square in 1989 are because of the challenge of the reforms and the invasion of freedom and democracy. The event started from the death of famous Chinese governor Hu‚ Yaobang. In year 1989‚ Fang Lizhi‚
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Issues Today: Universalism vs. Cultural Relativism One of the most pertinent issues of the past twenty years has been the conflict between two different ideologies of human rights on a national scale‚ universalism‚ and cultural relativism. Universalism holds that more “primitive” cultures will eventually evolve to have the same system of law and rights as Western cultures. Cultural relativists hold an opposite‚ but similarly rigid viewpoint‚ that a traditional culture is unchangeable. In universalism
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I am going to discuss Shafer-Landau’s argument on Ethical Relativism‚ specifically his stand on Cultural Relativism. 1. Cultural Relativism says that a society’s or cultures basic ideals are considered morally right. 2. Cultural Relativism cannot make sense of moral progress. 3. Cultural Relativism contradicts itself because different societies can have different views. 4. Cultural Relativism doesn’t account for morality’s true nature. In support of Premise #2: Shafer claims “If a person’s or
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