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19 Cards in this Set
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cross cultural literacy |
an understanding of how cultural differences across and within nations can affect the way business is practiced. |
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culture |
system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living |
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norms |
social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations |
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society |
refer to a group of people sharing a common set of values and norms |
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folkways |
routine conventions of everyday life |
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mores |
norms that are seen as central to the functioning of a society and to its social life |
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group |
an association of two or more individuals who have a shared sense of identity and who interact with each other in structured ways on the basis of a common set of expectations about each others behavior |
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social mobility |
refers to the extent to which individuals can move out of the strata into which they are born |
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caste system |
a closed system of stratification in which social position is determined by the family into which a person is born, and change in that position is usually not possible during an individuals lifetime |
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class system |
a less rigid form of social stratification in which social mobility is possible |
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class consciousness |
refers to a condition by which people tend to perceive themselves in terms of their class background, and this shapes their relationships with members of other classes |
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religion |
a system of shared beliefs and rituals that are concerned with the realm of the sacred |
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ethical systems |
refer to a set of moral principles, or values, that are used to guide and shape behavior |
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power distance |
dimension focused on how a society deals with the fact that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilites |
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individualism vs collectivism |
dimension focused on the relationship between the individual and his or her fellows |
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uncertainty avoidance |
dimension measured the extent to which different cultures socialized their members into accepting ambiguous situations and tolerating uncertainty |
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masculinity versus femininity |
dimension looked at the relationship between gender and work roles |
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confucian dynamism |
captured attitudes toward time, persistence, ordering by status, protection of face, respect for tradition, and reciprocation of gifts and favors |
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ethnocentrism |
a belief in the superiority of ones own ethnic group or culture |
