Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Midlife Crisis, Making Money
12 Feb 2018
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Tendency to prefer certain states of affairs over others. Unique to culture, geographic regions, generations etc. Young adults: discovery, enthusiasm, explorations, optimistic, open-minded, not complex life, no large financial stresses or family tie downs. 30-40s jobs are becoming careers family planning: consolidation, establishment, focus. 50-60s: building, competition, reflection, mid-life crisis, higher income years. 70-80s: retired, acceptance, enlightenment and wisdom. Society level values are often the underlying assumptions that are taken for granted: these are things that you are often socialized to know, hofstede"s. Each level of analysis has its own identify and hence its own cultural values. Values are there as a level of what a society should strive for: ex. Prof has a power distance that he is higher then students(value) so the norm would be that he expects students to raise their hands, arrive on time etc. A belief is a fact, an existence or a trust in someone or something.
