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    Hofstede Geert Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions are individualistic vs. collectivism‚ power distance‚ quality of life vs. quantity of life‚ uncertainty avoidance and time orientation. Power Distance The term of power distance in the Hofstede’s framework means measurement of power in an institution and organization being distributed where the society able to accept (Bergman et al. 2006‚ 141). Both Australia and Sweden has a low power distance in their society. Low power distance countries

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    Socio-Economic Causes for The American Revolution The American revolution was a literal revolution of 360 degrees‚ in which it ended mostly where it had began‚ with a group of elite‚ rich men in charge. As the American colonies developed a stronger economic trade due to the Salutary Neglect that Britain had imposed on them‚ they began to flourish during the 1600’s and 1700’s in cash crops like tobacco‚ fur‚ sugar‚ etc. Until‚ Britain realized that their power towards the colonies had began to weaken

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    prominent of these groups being the Gay Liberation Front(2)‚ commonly called the GLF‚ who were pushing for radical change viewing the world as the hurdle to overcome‚ and The Gay Activists Alliance(3) whom wished to earn equality by working within the socio-political world. An example of extreme revolutionist propaganda by early gay rights activists would be a GLF newspaper called “come out!” Stating a credo of social revolution: “Gay liberation front is a revolutionary group of homosexual

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    Cultural Practices and Traditions Culturally‚ Mexican Americans have a beautiful array of unique traditions and values. Spirituality plays a large role in many Mexican American families. At 61%‚ the majority of Mexican Americans are Christian and belong to the Roman Catholic Church. (Pew Research Hispanic‚ 2015) Another major aspect of Mexican American culture is the emphasis placed on the extended family. Due to the fact that Mexican Americans are a collectivist and interdependent group‚ the extended

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    Many Cultural Worlds: Subcultures and Countercultures A subculture can be defined as a set of cultural characteristics shared among a group within a society that (1) are distinct in some ways from the larger culture within which the group exists‚ but (2) also have some features in common with the larger culture. Some case studies can include: Hip-Hop‚ Computer Geeks‚ Dead Heads‚ Bikers‚ Ravers‚ Skaters‚ and Goths Subcultures are groups whose values and related behaviors are so distinct that they

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    Read carefully the following piece of text. What does it tell us about cross cultural encounters? In analysing this text and what it tells us about cross cultural encounters‚ we must ask and answer several questions. What is the interpretation of the text? What do we understand from the text? How was the text wrote? Who was it wrote by? And‚ is it representative of both sides? In interpreting the text we see that it is a piece taken from the “Trial of Chief Ologobosheri” and

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    Cultural Values Essay: The definition of value is “The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance or preciousness of something (Dictionary.com).” For example something valuable would be before my grandma passed away she gave me a necklace that is something valuable to me because of her giving me a necklace that came from her. Cultural value is the commonly held standards of what is acceptable or unacceptable‚ important or unimportant‚ right or wrong‚ workable or unworkable‚ etc.‚

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    people or society (Crisp and Perry 2013). Dreamchslin‚ Gilbert and Malone (2013) define cultural competence as the ability to acquire and respond to specific behaviours by delivering care effectively that meets the social‚ cultural and linguistic needs of people‚ therefore‚ promoting equality and equity in healthcare. Also‚ Garneau and Pepin (2014) view cultural competent as a way of appreciating patients cultural contexts as well as understanding the way healthcare can respond to the needs of a diverse

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    Americas Socio Economic Evolution from 1492-1750 During the period of 1492-1750 the world experienced a process of transformation as the continents connected. In this era America experienced discovery and colonization from the Europeans. As a result‚ Native Americans entered a process of evolution. They were deeply influenced by the modern Europeans. Socially and economically they grew and evolved. All this changes influenced the Americas by influencing and shaping it. As a result of the blending

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    Cultural Identity

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    Losing Cultural Identity Both the authors Choy and Engkent focussed mainly on the ideas of culture‚ immigration and assimilation. These two essays showed that acculturation is bi-directional from both the sides and it requires neither a change value‚ although values may become acculturated nor the internal change. Assimilation is unidirectional‚ towards the dominant group and it requires change in values and the internal change. Losing cultural Identity : Immigrants always have fear

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