Exam 2: Cross-Cultrual Busines

________ embodies a culture's fundamental organization.

________ are positive or negative evaluations, feelings, or tendencies that individuals harbor toward objects or concepts.

People in ________ are casual about time and maintain flexible schedules.

The wearing of turbans by Muslims in Asia is a ________.

Most nations regulate culturally sensitive sectors of the economy to help preserve national culture.

________ refers to detailed knowledge about a culture that enables a person to function effectively within it.

Nations that invest in worker training are rarely rewarded with productivity increases and rising incomes.

French is the most common form of "lingua franca" in international business.

For Hindus, the highest goal of life is "moksha" rebirth of the human soul at the time of death.

Scenario: HR Experts, Inc. You were just hired at HR Experts, Inc., a diverse and global human resources consulting company. This, your first day on the job, you are assigned to a trouble-shooting group comprising individuals from different cultures. Your team members are Tom, Ketan, Yoshi, Hung Shin, and Nazam. During the course of the day working in the group, you try to put people's names and faces with their cultures and beliefs. -You overheard Ketan making a remark, "I do not want to come back in the next life as an insect. I want to do right and achieve moksha." Based on this comment, which religion do you believe Ketan practices?

Brain drain is the dummying-down of a society's people due to excessive video-game playing.

Which of the following aspects of the physical environment heavily influence a people's culture?

Traditionally speaking, Singapore values ________ while Greece values ________.

The physical environment of a people directly determines their culture.

Understanding a culture's spoken language gives us limited insight into why people think and act the way they do.

An important aspect of social structure is status, which refers to the way a culture divides its population according to positions within a society's structure.

The most common form of social stratification in which personal ability and actions determine social status and mobility is called a ________.

________ is crucial for passing on traditions, customs, and values.

________ is behavior, often dating back several generations, that is practiced by a homogeneous group of people.

Collections of two or more people who identify and interact with one another are known as ________.