超星 - Chapter4(2)补交

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According to Geert Hofstede's study, which of the following cultural dimensions would be characterized by a greater readiness to take risks and less emotional resistance to change?

A. High power distance cultures
B. Low uncertainty avoidance
C. High collectivism
D. Low power distance cultures

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The _____ instrument is designed to address the notion that a leader's effectiveness is contextual. It is embedded in the societal and organizational norms, values, and beliefs of the people being led.

A. GLOBE
B. WVS
C. IND
D. CVS

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The _____ refers to the extent to which a culture programs its citizens to accept delayed gratification of their material, social, and emotional needs.

A. long-term versus short-term orientation dimension
B. indulgence versus restraint dimension
C. uncertainty avoidance
D. power distance dimension

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Hofstede's dimension of Confucian dynamism:

A. captures attitudes toward time, persistence, ordering by status, protection of face, respect for tradition, and reciprocation of gifts and favors.
B. focuses on how a society deals with the fact that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities.
C. explores the relationship between the individual and his/her fellows
D. looks at the relationship between gender and the ability to accept ambiguous situations

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Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism?

A manager in India looks down upon his subordinates because they are from a lower caste, compared to him.
B. An upper-middle-class woman talks rudely to a sales person, because she looks down upon individuals belonging to the working-class.
C. An American manager criticizes the cultural practices of Saudi Arabia, when he is sent there on business, because it differs from his own cultural norms.
D. A French business owner, who plans to expand his market to China, conducts a detailed cultural study of China to customize his marketing campaign.

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For international businesses, the connection between culture and competitive advantage is important because:

A. a weak connection is likely to encourage isolationism
B. a weak connection is likely to encourage competition
C. a strong connection is likely to produce the most viable competitors
D. a strong connection is likely to hamper innovation

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What is ethnocentrism?

A belief in the superiority of one's business or organization over another.
B. A belief in the superiority of another group or culture over one's own group or culture.
C. A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture.
D. A belief in the superiority of one's self over another person.

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Class-based conflict between workers and management in class-conscious societies can lead to:

A. increased costs of doing business.
B. decreased costs of doing business.
C. companies going out of business.
D. workers looking for new jobs in other businesses.

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Max Weber was a German sociologist who, in 1904, made the connection between _____ and "the spirit of capitalism."

A. Protestant ethics
B. ethnocentrism
C. cross-cultural literacy
D. collectivism

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The concept of mobility between castes within an individual's lifetime:

A. is an opportunity to adopt positions of responsibility and influence in society.
B. makes no sense to traditional Hindus.
C. shows a figurative "reincarnation" of a person.
D. is a sign of spiritual progression to traditional Hindus.

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