Exam 1

Front 1

Low-context culture

Back 1

A culture that uses language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as clearly and logically as possible.

Front 2

High-context culture

Back 2

A culture that relies heavily on subtle, often nonverbal cues to comes to convey meaning and maintain social harmony.

Front 3

Individualistic cultures

Back 3

A culture whose member are inclined to put their own interests and those are their immediate families ahead of social concerns

Front 4

Collectivistic cultures

Back 4

A culture with strong social frameworks in which members of a group (such as an organization) are socialized to care for one another and for the group.

Front 5

Power distance

Back 5

A measure of a culture's acceptance (high or low) of differences in authority

Front 6

Uncertainty avoidence

Back 6

A measure of how accepting a culture is of a lack of predictability

Front 7

Short-term orientation

Back 7

Cultural orientation that seeks quick payoffs for effort rather than deferred gratification in pursuit of long-range goals.

Front 8

Long-term orientation

Back 8

Cultural orientation that defers gratification in pursuit of long-range goals.

Front 9

Ethnocentrism

Back 9

The inclination to see all events from the perspective of one;s own culture and to evaluate one;s own culture as superior and other persons or cultures as inferior

Front 10

Monochronic Time Orientation

Back 10

Cultural orientation in efficiency in accomplishing tasks is generally a high priority than addressing personal relationships

Front 11

Polychronic Time Orientation

Back 11

Cultural orientation in which personal relationships are generally a higher priority than efficient use of time.