GMS 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Femininity, World Trade Organization, Egalitarianism
3 Apr 2016
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Cultural clusters established by globe study: we refer to a common cultural heritage for people from a particular culture o o. To share a common culture, people generally are from the same geographic area or country, they have a shared history, they speak the same language, and often they have the same religion. Identiied 10 clusters of countries, using both cultural and climatic data: Anglo anyone part of the british colony: australia, canada, Belief in the power of the individual (believe in oneself and can do anything they desire) From geert hofstede"s (1980) culture"s consequences based on ibm employees around the world in the mid 1970"s. Power distance relects the extent to which a community accepts and endorses authority, power diferences, and diferences in status privileges. People in some cultures prefer to negotiate only with people of equivalent rank (i. e. japan) The senior person should walk into the room irst and sit irst (asian belief)
