DLS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Small Power, Collective Identity, Gender Role
16 Jan 2017
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Integrative patterns characterizing a group; ideas, customs, skills, arts, tools. Dynamic, different between cultures; stable but can change. Gender role differentiation: overlapping (more tolerance for diversity in lifestyles), segregated (marriage is important, strict) Fixed = punctual, single-focused, goal-fixated, intolerance of interruptions. Fluid = flexible, slower paced, see value in journey. Uncertainty avoidance: how people are comfortable with lack of structure and clarity. Individualism vs collectivism: degree which culture values needs of individual vs the group. Loosely integrated, speaks up, deals with conflict, does(cid:374)"t (cid:272)are a(cid:271)out others thi(cid:374)k, (cid:272)ompetence for degrees, impartial. Tightly integrated, traditional, (cid:862)losi(cid:374)g fa(cid:272)e(cid:863) reputation is important, education for degree, networking. Power distance: fosters equality vs inequality in power among members. Large power distance societies = status ascribed to occupations/ranks/positions. Small power distance societies = status thru achievement. Tight = highly integrated, few differences among individuals, greater validity to generalization. Loose = diversity, accepts greater divergence of individual views. Action focus: differences in valuing of doing vs being.
