Cross-sectional study

The author explains the corporate culture with the three subtypes: commitment to task, personal relationship, and task-oriented. His findings show there was no distinction made between the different subgroups and talks about how different cultures identify themselves. Trompenaars’ and Hampden-Turner dimension is when people need to put personal life before business. They believe that having a good relationship at work is important before focusing on business objectives. The diffuse dimension is…

The readings “Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context” by Geert Hofstede, “How Cultures Collide” by Edward T. and Elizabeth Hall and “The Role of Culture and Perception in Communication” by Marshall Singer present different models, terminologies and definitions to expose the phenomenon of culture according to each’s author individual perspective. By understanding what culture is, one can also comprehend the meaning and importance of intercultural communication. Hofstede…

Understanding Intercultural Communication Intercultural communication primarily focuses on how people from differing cultures, background, beliefs and/or communities communicate across different cultures When attempting to further understand communication across cultures, it is important to understand that cultural differences stem not only from different languages being spoken or individual origins being different of ones own birth country or region; cultural differences can appear from those…

Different cultures have different ideologies, gender views, and beliefs in politics. If a company does not do intense research about a country’s cultural views, then it is most likely that there will be misguided information which “can lead to friction in cross border interactions, lost sales, and a host of other serious problems that may jeopardize competitiveness” (Neeley, T., & Kaplan, R. S, pg. 70, 2014). In addition to that, lack of cultural understanding can lead to the people of the…

choose my classes, by explaining what each was. Once I knew what each class was, I started to think to myself of all the classes I could engage in. Playing sports was one thing that came across my intellectuality that day. Finally after meditating, cross country was my preferential…

The rise of globalization has seen the fall of geographical barriers to cross-border trade. Companies are now able to trade globally, and the opportunities it brings are endless. However, as with any opportunity, it presents challenges, and the significance of cross-cultural communication is now more apparent than ever. Ineffective communication can lead to losses in productivity, revenue, and opportunities. This report, commissioned by Swan River Wines, seeks to understand the cultural…

relationships in individualism-collectivism, achievement-ascription, neutral-affective. On the other hand, Hofstede describes about values present in people and its effect on their behaviour. Therefore, the difference between them is that Trompenaars study lies on the surface of…

accounting (Cerne, 2009). There are of course differences that do occur because of the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP. Many studies have been performed to understand the attributes of culture. One study that of culture was by Geert Hofstede in the early 1980’s. It is because of his research that many have looked into the influence of culture on accounting. In an environment where many companies are…

As more of the world becomes accessible, intercultural communication is becoming an evolving field of study that combines the interactions between individuals and groups from different cultural backgrounds. It has taken a considerable amount of time to get to the diverse point that the world’s society is at now, with more acknowledgment, acceptance and discussion around diversity. However, one can question is what ascribes and defines this identity that we acknowledge as being diversity. It can…

societies with low ranking individualism and masculinity tend to be highly secretive. In 1997, Spencer-Oatey explored individual’s thoughts of an unequal role relationship in a high power distance culture and a low power distance culture in a mixed design study. The participants were from the United Kingdom and China. After analyzing the quantitative and qualitative data, the researcher discovered substantial differences between the…