Essay Introduction Culture is an important criterion for organisations to determine their strategies of management and leadership. This essay aims to outline Hofstede’s cross-cultural framework‚ identify similarities and differences in comparison with the Chinese Value Survey (CVS) and discuss how differences in individualism-collectivism and long-term/short-term orientation among employees could affect management and leadership. The finding is that Hofstede’s framework and CVS differ from cultural
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the Gender Role-Masculine and Gender Role-Feminine‚ especially in relation to occupational preferences. Han et al. (2013) discussed the implications that individualistic cultures and collectivistic cultures place different emphasis on gender characteristics. Collectivistic cultures emphasized social uniformity‚ as compared to individualistic cultures that emphasized social uniqueness among
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Thailand vs. ‘Kathoey’ | 2 november 2010 Table of Contents I. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….... 3 I.I. What is ‘Kathoey’…………………………………………………………………………. 3 I.II. How does one become ‘Kathoey’?.................................................................... 4 II. Power distance index (PDI) in ‘Kathoey’ culture………………………….. 5 II.I Power distance in the workplace………………………………………………….. 5 II.II Power distance in religion………………………………………………………….. 6 III. Masculinity vs
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the Servant. Resting upon an understanding of language conventions such as the use of pronouns can lead to an individualistic conclusion. Looking at the historical context of the prophet’s writing can point toward a contemporary servant figure such as Cyrus‚ whereas a contextual reinterpretation of the term messiah brings with it the notion of a future Servant figure. A collectivistic view examines Israel as the Servant. A synthetic approach satisfies many of the contentions. Whether or not Jesus
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Business Negotiation: A Cross Cultural Perspective from Collectivism and Individualism Introduction Business negotiation can be defined as "a process in which two or more entities come together to discuss common and conflicting interests in order to reach an agreement of mutual benefit" (Harris and Moran‚ 1987‚ p.55). As we know the international business negotiations are significantly increased accompany with the ever-increasing interdependent relationships due to globalization. According to
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Abstract The focal point of this research is motivation of the global workforce. The research will focus on cultural differences that influence the motivation across the global workforce. The study will be based on the Hofstede Cultural Dimension Theory. The Study examines six countries that represent different cultural values: India‚ Australia‚ China‚ United States‚ Japan‚ and Mexico. It also analyses practices of motivation and the problem of bridging cultures in a global workplace. The reason
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The individualism score for Saudi Arabia is a score of 38‚ which indicates a low-individualistic score. This translates into a highly collectivistic society. In this type of society‚ people do things for the good of the group. In this culture‚ groups can involve family‚ work‚ and society which create communication differences in several different ways. Westernized cultures often have an individualistic value‚ which means that everyone does what is best for them‚ not the group. [ (Arvind
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control; Collectivism refers to how the overall group’s interest is placed above an individual. (Hofstede‚ 1980) Using scores from the GLOBE project‚ India scores a high 5.92‚ much higher than the USA’s score of 4.25 on the collectivistic scale where higher refers to more collectivistic. (House et al. 2004) Todd‚ originating from the US‚ is characterized as an employee who only has to worry about himself‚ does not involve himself with other employees. In the first scene‚ employees from the US have a very
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was very hard. I met American friends at U.G.A‚ despite been very nice it was hard sometimes to understand each other‚ as our cultures are different. The terms individualism and collectivism are usually used to express different cultures. An individualistic culture is where individuals are said to be bounded‚ autonomous‚ distinct from others‚
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intercultural communication. Furthermore‚ the author exemplifies each theory with business related situations or personal stories. This essay will first discuss Chapter 9.1 of this book which tackles the different aspects between an individualistic society and a collectivistic society. Subsequently‚ it will also discuss chapter 14.3 in which the author explains the different factors that might harm the
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