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24 Cards in this Set
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Societal culture
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Socially derived, TAKEN FOR GRANTED ASSUMPTIONS about how to think and act(below the threshold of consciousness)
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Ethnocentrism
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belief that one's native country, culture ,language, and behavior are superior
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How to deal with Enthocentrism?
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through education, greater cross cultural awareness, international experience, and a conscious effort to value cultural diversity
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Hofsteade Study
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studied different countries and looked at cross cultural comparisons.
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Hofsteade's 2 major conclusions
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1) management theories and practices need to be adopted to local cultures, THERE IS NO ONE BEST WAY TO MANAGE ACROSS CULTURES. 2) Cultural arrogance is a luxury individuals, ocmpanies, and nations can no longer afford
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Hofestead's 4 cultural dimensions
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Power distance, Individualism, Masculinity-Feminity, Uncertanity aviodance
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Power Distance
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How much inequality does one expect in social situations?
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Individualism-Collectivism
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How loosely or closely is a person socially bonded?
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Masculinity-femininity
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Does the person embrace stereotypically competitive, performance orientated, masculine traits, or nurturing, relationship-orientated female traits?
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Uncertanity Avoidance
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How strongly does the person desire structured situations?
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Cultural Intelligence
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Ability to accurately interpret ambiguous cross cultural situations accurately
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Indiviualistic cultures
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primary emphasis is on personal freedoms and choice
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Collectivist cultures
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personal goals less important than community goals and interests.
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High-Context Cultures
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Rely heavily on non verbal situational cues for meaning when perciving and communicating with others
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Low context cultures
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primary meaning derived from written and spoken words
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Monochronic time
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perference for doing one thing at a time because time is limited, percisely segmented and schedule driven(ex. USA)
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Polychronic Time
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Peference for doing more then one thing at a time because time is flexible and multi dimensional
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Low context cultures and Time
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Tend to run on monochronic time(USA)
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High context cultures and Time
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Tend to run on polychronic time(FRANCE)
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Expatriate
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anyone living or working in a foreign country
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Repatriate
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When a person living abroad moves back home
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Cross cultural training
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any type of structured experiences to help people adjust to a new culture/country
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Culture shock
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anxiety and doubt caused by an overload of unfamiliar expectations and social cues
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Reentry shock
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after having adjusted to another country's culture, moving home and re adjusting to the culture there. potential for reentry shock include work, politics, transportation etc
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