Exam 6: Dimensions of Nation-State Cultures

Discuss the similarities and differences between the Hofstede dimensions and the Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner dimensions.

Hofstede was attempting to locate ______ dimensions across which cultures vary.

Japan's Westernization was criticized by other Asian countries.

Cultures labeled as ______ strive for maximal distinction between what women and men are expected to do.

Young Yun Kim characterizes masculinity versus femininity as topping the list of theories guiding cross-cultural research in communication.

Indulgent cultures have ______.

Discuss Hofstede's power distance dimension and provide examples of high and low power distance cultures.

Discuss Hofstede's uncertainty avoidance dimension and provide examples of strong and weak uncertainty avoidance cultures.

Discuss Japan as a homogeneous culture.

Confucian work dynamism or long-term versus short-term orientation includes ______.

Discuss the four associations related to Hofstede's individualism-collectivism dimension.

Japan is one of the most ______ countries in the world: more than 98% of its population is Japanese.

______ is related to the direct style of communication.

What or who are gaijin?

In particularist cultures,people place importance on laws,rules,values,and obligations.

Both power distance and femininity are negatively related to the Environmental Sustainability Index.

How baseball is played in Japan reflects the Japanese culture.

A country high in Confucian work dynamism (indicating a long-term orientation)is ______.

Marcus and Gould (2000)applied the ______ dimension to website design and found a relationship to the prominence given to countries' leaders.

______ is a tendency to allow relatively free gratification of basic and natural human desires related to enjoying life and having fun.