Exam 2: International Business Environment-Culture

Cultural behavior is acquired through

Long-term orientation is one cultural dimension that is not part of the five cultural dimensions identified by Hofstede.

For an international company the cultural environment is less important than the climatic conditions of a country.

What is culture?

The key institutions that play a critical role in the development of a society's culture include family and the country's geography.

How do societies communicate and what role does language play in international operations?

Identify the key elements of culture.

Values are belief systems that underlie a society's behavior.

The external environment of international markets is easier to understand and predict compared to domestic markets.

One of the main criticisms of Hofstede's cultural dimensions is that

In planning entry into foreign markets, international companies need to

For global managers to be successful in a diverse cultural landscape, they need to develop the following competencies

Religion plays a critical role in learning culture among industrialized countries.

Each society's culture is a unique and complex system because

The best way to learn foreign culture is

What are social structures? How do international companies use social structures in designing their organizational structures?

Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's defined their "relationship to nature" dimension as

Culture shock is anxiety caused by being in a foreign country whose food and climatic conditions are drastically different from one's own.

Edward T. Hall characterized the differences in cultures as low context and high context.

Attitude is defined as