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16 Cards in this Set
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Asian American |
a heterogeneous group of people having origins in the asia pacific region |
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population of asians or combination in the US |
5% |
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Model Minority Myth |
enduring and widely help perception of asians as succeeding through hard work and determination |
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What is culture, visible and invisible |
visible- language, customs, food, dress, symbols, myths, rituals invisible- values, assumptions, beliefs |
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Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions |
power distance individualism vs. collectivism uncertainty avoidance masculinity vs femininity long term orientation vs short term orientation |
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power distance |
the extent to ehich the less powerful members of organizations and institutions accept and expect that power is distributed unequally |
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work effectively in high power distance culture |
address people formally identify key influencers support lower level staff members to speak up |
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individualism vs collectism |
the relationship between the individual and his/her fellows within a culture |
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individualistic |
perference for a loosely knit social framework in which individuals are expected to take care of only themselves and their immediate families |
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collectivistic |
perference for a tightly knit framework in society in which individuals cna expect their relatives or members of a particular in group to look after them in exchange for loyalty |
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Uncertainty avoidance |
the extent to which a culture socializes its members into accepting ambiguous situations and tolerating uncertainty |
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masculinity vs femininity |
this dimension looks at the relationship between gender and work roles |
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long term orientation vs short term orientation |
orientation toward savings, thrift, and future plans vs a need for immediate gratification |
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long term orientation |
towards savings and future plans |
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short term orientation |
immediate gratification |
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asian cultural characteristics |
collective decision making respect for authority modesty over self promotion avoiding shame and conflict self control/ discipline vs spontaneity |
