COMM 222 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Small Power, Centrality, Conscientiousness
12 Mar 2019
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Chapter 4 - values, attitudes and work behaviour. Values: a broad tendency to prefer certain states of affairs over others. What is good and what is bad. Work centrality - work is essential in life. Values are general, do not predict behaviour. Values are motivational -> how i should and shouldn"t behave . Primarily reinforced by parents, teachers, religious leaders. Basic differences in work-related values across cultures: Lack of understanding of cross-cultural differences can cause foreign assignments to terminate early and business negotiations to fail. High work centrality; work more hours - work as it the centre of life. Cross-cultural differences in work centrality can lead to adjustment problems for foreign employees and managers. The extent to which an unequal distribution of power is accepted by society members. Small power distance cultures: inequality is minimized, superiors are accessible, power differences are downplayed. Small power: denmark, new zealand, israel and austria.
