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24 Cards in this Set
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In today's world of global communications, rapid transportation, and global markets, cultural differences have ceased to exist.
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False |
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Norms are abstract ideas about what a group believes to be good, right, and desirable.
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False |
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The term society is another name for a country; each country has a single society.
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False
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A country is defined as a 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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False |
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Folkways include rituals and symbolic behavior.
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True
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Upon meeting a foreign business executive, a Japanese executive will hold his business card in both hands and bow while presenting the card to the foreigner. This is an example of ritual behavior.
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True |
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Folkways have much greater significance than mores.
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False |
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Guanxi is an important mechanism for building long-term business relationships and getting business done in China.
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True |
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Unspoken language refers to nonverbal communication.
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True |
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Education plays an important role, from an international business perspective, as a determinant of national competitive advantage.
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True |
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Hofstede's study found that in masculine cultures, gender roles were less sharply distinguished, and little differentiation was made between men and women in the same job.
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False |
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International businesses that are ill-informed about the practices of another culture are likely to fail.
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True |
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The connection between culture and competitive advantage has important implications for the choice of countries in which to locate production facilities and do business.
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True |
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Cross-cultural literacy refers to:
A. an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group. B. the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures. C. abstract ideas about what a group believes to be good, right, and desirable. D. an understanding of how cultural differences can affect business. |
D. an understanding of how cultural differences can affect business.
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_____ is/are best defined as shared assumptions about how things ought to be.
A. Norms B. Values C. Society D. Culture |
B. Values
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The system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living best defines:
A. society. B. value systems. C. principles. D. culture. |
D. culture.
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Social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations are best described as:
A. norms. B. values. C. culture. D. society. |
A. norms.
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A group of people who share a common set of values and norms forma:
A. culture. B. society. C. country. D. caste. |
B. society.
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_____ are social conventions concerning things such as the appropriate dress code in a particular situation, good social manners, eating with the correct utensils, neighborly behavior, and the like.
A. Values B. Beliefs C. Mores D. Folkways |
D. Folkways
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A Japanese executive's ritual of presenting a business card to a foreign business executive is an example of:
A. mores. B. values. C. attitudes. D. folkways. |
D. folkways.
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Mores are:
A. the norms that are seen as central to the functioning of a society and its social life. B. the routine conventions of everyday life. C. abstract ideas about what a group believes to be right, good, and desirable. D. the social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations. |
A. the norms that are seen as central to the functioning of a society and its social life.
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A society's social structure refers to its:
A. system of values and norms. B. basic social organization. C. religious practices. D. educational infrastructure. |
B. basic social organization.
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The social organization of Western society tends to emphasize on:
A. a group orientation. B. collectivist values. C. individual achievement. D. work groups. |
C. individual achievement.
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The _____ dimension of Hofstede's study explores how a society deals with the fact that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities.
A. power distance B. individualism versus collectivism C. uncertainty avoidance D. masculinity versus femininity |
A. power distance
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