GMS 724 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Work Motivation, Protestant Work Ethic, Femininity
1 Mar 2016
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Culture: learned norms based on values, attitudes, and beliefs of a group of people. Language: common language within a country is a unifying force. Low-context cultures (e. g. , usa): people generally regard as relevant only firsthand information that bears directly on the subject at hand. High-context cultures (e. g. , japan), people tend to regard seemingly peripheral information as pertinent and to infer meanings from things said either indirectly or casually. Tend to be brief, and need no further elaboration. Centuries of profound religious influence continue to play a major role in shaping cultural values and behaviour. Factors pertaining to your affiliation with certain groups. Ascribed or acquired grouping based on gender, family, castle, ethnic, racial or national origin o o o o. Hierarchies of needs o: max weber observed when developing a theory, the protestant ethic, which reflects the belief that work is a pathway to salvation and that material success does not impede salvation.
