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36.Which of the following not among the alternatives for relationships : 1302964
36.Which of the following is not among the alternatives for relationships among people in Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s model?
a.individualistic
b.mixed (pages 22-23, moderate)
c.group
d.hierarchical
37.Which of the following is not a dimension in Hofstede’s model of cultures?
a.high versus low power distance
b.task versus relationship orientation (page 23, moderate)
c.individualism versus collectivism
d.high versus low uncertainty avoidance
e.masculinity versus femininity
38.Hofstede says that people in a low “power distance” culture tend to _____.
a.have virtually no differences in status, power, or influence
b.have only “feminine” values
c.be uncomfortable with differences in power and status, and, at times, ignore them (page 24, moderate)
prefer having more structure, explicit rules, and a high concern for doing things
correctly
39.People in what Hall calls “high context” cultures tend to communicate _____.
a.by relying more heavily on non verbal communication (page 33, easy)
b.by using explicit, carefully chosen words
c.rarely, if at all
d.compulsively, often, and to as many people as possible
40.Although the issues are somewhat different, Schwartz’s Value Theory of culture has similarities to _____’s model, in that both focus on what are believed to be basic issues or problems that people of all societies face.
a.Hofstede
b.Hall
c.Gannon
d.Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck (pages 27, 29, difficult)
41.The value dimensions in Schwartz’s theory do not include _____.
a.embeddedness versus autonomy
b.hierarchy versus egalitarianism
c.mastery versus harmony
d.high context versus low context (page 30, moderate)
42.Which of the following is not true of Ronen and Shenkar’s Country Clusters model of cultures?
a.Clusters are based on similarities of work values or goals.
b.Countries with higher GNP are closer to the center of their cluster.
c.They were able to place virtually every country into one of their clusters. (page 33, moderate)
d.Countries in a cluster also tended to have similarities in geographic location, language, and religion.
43.The two most important dimensions of societal value according to the World Values Survey are traditional versus secular-rational orientations towards authority and _____.
a.individualism versus communalism
b.uncertainty avoidance versus risk-taking
c.optimism versus pessimism
d.survival versus self-expression (page 35, difficult)
44.According to the World Values Survey, people who are trusting and tolerant of others, politically active, happy, and place priority on quality of life, would be said to have _____ values.
a.survival
b.traditional
c.self-expression (page 35, moderate)
d.secular-rational
45.In reviewing the variety of cultural models presented in Chapter Two, the authors conclude that _____.
a.the conceptual framework of Hofstede’s model is clearly superior to that of the others, but it has not yet been used to try to measure actual cultures
b.the extensive statistical data generated by Trompenaars’ model makes it clearly superior to the others
c.they are all remarkably consistent in how they evaluate and categorize each of the national cultures that were studied, despite differences in variables and concepts
d.the more often that different models include a given variable, and the more similar are the findings, the more confidence we can place in those findings (page 39, moderate)
46.In support of Brown’s approach that emphasizes cultural universals, Project GLOBE found that, although the form may differ, every human society has the _____ behavior.
a.money accumulation
b.customary greeting (page 38, moderate)
c.rejection of outsiders
d.democratic political
47.The need for _____ among those engaged in international business is rapidly causing it to emerge as a transcultural variable, as well as an important value for understanding and managing behavior in organizations.
a.generosity
b.tranquility
c.trust (page 41, moderate)
d.competence
