Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions * Average Hofstede Dimensions of all counties surveyed Power Distance Index (PDI) that is the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations and institutions (like the family) accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. This represents inequality (more versus less)‚ but defined from below‚ not from above. It suggests that a society ’s level of inequality is endorsed by the followers as much as by the leaders. Power and inequality‚ of
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University The relationship between job satisfaction and turnover is important due to the extensive costs of turnover in most organizations. Unfortunately‚ little is known about how cultural differences at the national level‚ such as differences in uncertainty avoidance (UA) and individualism/collectivism (I/C)‚ moderate the relationship between job attitudes and job withdrawal. In the present research‚ data from a large multinational opinion survey were used to compare the relationship between job satisfaction
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Intercultural communication‚ from my point of view‚ it means if someone communicate with foreigners‚ how could he notice the differences and communicate with them gracefully because they have different languages and cultures. Nowdays‚ with the development of the world economy‚ the globalization has become an irreversible trend. Today’s society‚ unlike the previous which is closed‚ is a society of cultural fusion. Everyone in the world is easy to communicate with others by using lots of chat tools
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Vivek Thakkar Professor Nancy Florida ASIAN 464 – Islam in SE Asia 4 April 2013 A Critical Review of Radical Pathways: Understanding Muslim Radicalization in Indonesia Abstract As the Associate Professor and Head of the Centre of Excellence for National Security at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore‚ Kumar Ramakrishna has been a frequent speaker on counterterrorism for local and international audiences as well as a regular media commentator on the issue. In
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The countries that are chosen are USA‚ which is a developed and economic super power. China is a rapidly growing and developing country‚ while Pakistan‚ a nation with more long-term orientation. Power Distance Individualism Masculinity Uncertainty Avoidance Long Term Orientation Indulgence USA 40 (avg) 91 (V high) 62 (high) 46 (avg) 26 (v low) 68 (high) China 80(V high) 20 (v low) 66 (high) 30(low) 87 (V high) 24 (v low) Pakistan 55(V high) 14(low) 50 (low) 70 (V high) 50(V high) 0 (v low) (Hofstede
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Case Study Report Euro Disneyland DiChao Wu Student Number: 3152196 Case Study GSBS6009 – Cross-Cultural Management Due: 2th October 2012 Lecturers: Dr Karen Tian Table of Contents 1. Introduction This report provides information about the critical reflection of my personal decision making situation in the workplace or a similar environment and give some suggestion about how I might have dealt these issues. In preparing
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management practices in China and the West. The five measurements of culture identified by the author are: (1) power distance ( measured from small to large); (2) collectivism versus individualism; (3) femininity versus masculinity (4) uncertainty avoidance ( from weak to strong) (5) short term versus short term The first national culture dimension to be identified is the measurement of power distance. This can be defined as the degree of inequality among people built upon what the population
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which is why the company provides its employees with free product giveaways on a monthly basis and an annual two thousand dollar credit for each manager towards the purchase of all Estee Lauder products. Uncertainty avoidance at MAC is moderate or medium in nature. Cultures with high uncertainty avoidance are characterized by many standardized procedures. At
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CHOOSING AN INFORMATIVE TOPIC I’m going show you an activity you can do later develop some topic ideas for an informative speech… …But first‚ we’ll talk about some general things you might want consider when picking topic for any presentation. 1. You have consider your audience… …You’re speaking for their sake‚ not yours. …You might think your topic is interesting…you may think it’s funny‚ exciting… …If your audience doesn’t feel same way…no matter how good your presentation
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France is near the middle but slightly more towards Iran. The United States is strong on individualism and masculinity. Iran strengths are power distance and uncertainty avoidance. France was a little hard to figure out. I feel France holds the same value for three out of the four guidelines. Only exception being the uncertainty avoidance guideline valued a little higher then the rest. Individualism and masculinity reflect the United States in a variety of ways. With the American goal being
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