Exam 4: International OB: Managing Across Cultures

According to the GLOBE cultural dimensions, in-group collectivism reflects the extent to which individuals have pride and loyalty for their family or organization.

Most cultural lessons are learned:

Cross-cultural management explains the behavior of people in organizations around the world and shows people how to work in organizations with employee and client populations from many cultures.

After working for her company for 25 years, Alice is being sent on a foreign assignment to Germany. She expects most negotiations there will go well since she is an expert in her field, has prepared all the documents thoroughly, and does not see the need for a prolonged get-acquainted period. She makes this assumption because she knows that Germany is ____.

Employees bring their organizational culture to work with them in the form of customs and language.

People from _____ cultures rely heavily on situational cues for meaning.

According to GLOBE cultural dimensions, future orientation reflects how much people delay gratification by planning and saving for the future.

People from _____ cultures emphasize personal responsibility for one's affairs.

Flavors Inc., an American multinational corporation hired Benito, an Italian citizen as a merchandising analyst, to work in the United States. At a particular stage, Benito was uncomfortable adjusting to the new culture and its norms. This emotional stage that Benito experienced is known as:

_____ is the most important work-related value for those with no religious preference.

Compare and contrast culture shock and reentry shock.

Based on Hofstede's research, _____ reflects how loosely or closely a person is socially bonded.

Cultural intelligence is the ability to accurately interpret ambiguous cross-cultural situations.

_____ refers to the idea that there are always exceptions to the rule; individuals who do not fit the expected cultural pattern.

Based on information gathered in the GLOBE project, which of the following refers to power distance?

Which of the following is true about North American women serving as expatriates?

According to the GLOBE cultural dimensions, power distance reflects how confrontational and dominant individuals should be in social relationships.

A person is said to be repatriated when transferred to another country from their home country.

Michelle, who is from the US, is on a foreign assignment in Mexico. She notices that her co-workers are willing to make personal sacrifices to further the organization's goals. She correctly surmises that her co-workers are from a(n) _____ culture.

Arab cultures embrace a(n) _____ time perspective as they believe that time is flexible, multidimensional, and based on relationships and situations.