Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory

The following are Hofstede’s dimensions of culture EXCEPT;

• power distance
• femininity vs. masculinity
• paradoxicality
• individualism vs. collectivism

________ is the degree to which members of a collective expect power to be distributed equally.

• Uncertainty Avoidance
• Short-Term Orientation
• Long-term Orientation
• Power Distance

Publicly rewarding a specific employee’s performance might be seen poorly by the employee and others because of which cultural dimension?

• power distance
• uncertainty avoidance
• femininity vs. masculinity
• individualism vs. collectivism

Hofstede holds that there are ____ dimensions to culture

• 4

• 6

• 5

• 7

Geert Hofstede identified major dimensions of culture that affect communication.  Which of the following is NOT one of them?

• religious beliefs
• power distance
• individualism-collectivism
• masculinity-feminity

An ethnocentric view of the world leads to attitudes of superiority and messages that are directly and subtly condescending in content and tone.

• true
• false

Feminine cultures tend to be:

• North American
• Scandinavian
• East African
• Both b and c

According to Hofstede's research:

• individualist cultures give higher priority to personal as opposed to group goals and needs than do collectivist cultures 
• "responsibility," "loyalty," and "commitment" reflect collectivist cultural values 
• individualist cultures are superior to collectivist cultures 
• both a and b

Australia is a high individualist culture. From this you can deduce that they are also:

• a low power-distance culture 
• a high-context communication culture 
• a high power-distance culture
• none of the above 

Which of the following are correct statements about cultures?

• Most of the world's population lives in ethnocentric cultures 
• Only North American and Western European cultures are ethnocentric 
• Every culture is ethnocentric to some degree
  
• All cultures believe that direct, explicit communication is preferable to indirect, implicit communication