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23 Cards in this Set
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High Context cultures
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The meaning is implied by physcal setting or presumed to be a part of norms or social practices
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Low Context Cultures
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majority of the information is vested in the explict code (speech).
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High Power Distance
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each person has a place in the social order and authorities should not be challenged.
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Low Power Distance
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Minimal social or class difference. Challenge authorities.
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Hofstede's Cultural Taxomony
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study of cultural differences in value orientations. 5 demensions of order.
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Individualism vs. collectivism
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extent in which individual atonomy is regarded favorably or unfavorably
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Masculinity vs. Femininity
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the extent to which people prefer achievement and assertiveness or nutrance and social support.
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Long term vs. Short term tiem orientation
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Do you live for the now (short-term orentation) or for the future (long term).
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In-group collectivism
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the degree to which people express pride, loyalty, and solidarity with family or similar group.
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gender egalitarianism
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extent to which a culture minimizes differences in gender expectations or men vs. women
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How many taxonomies are used in chapter 5?
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3. High/low context, Hofstede's, and GLOBE
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the GLOBE cultural taxonomy
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conducted by Robert House. Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness
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Cultural Identity
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one's sense of belonging to a particular culture or ethnic group.
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Symbols
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words, actions, or objects that stand for or represent a unit of meaning.
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phonology
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the rules for combining units of a language.
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Semantics
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the study of the meaning of words.
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denotative meanings
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are public, objective, and legal meanings of words.
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connotative meanings
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are personal and emotionally charged and specific to a person [someday]
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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis of linguistics Relativity
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language effects the way we view the world
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kinesics
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the study of body movements
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Emblems
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behaviors that have a direct verbal counterpart.
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regulators
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nonverbals that regulate flow of conversation
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Illustrators
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nonverbals that accompany verbal messages.
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