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WorksheetsNational Culture and High Context and Low Context Culture
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
The six dimensions of national culture are based on extensive research done by____________ and his team.
Gert Jan Hofstede
Andrew Hall
Edward T. Hall
Geert Hofstede
The six dimensions of National Culture include
Power Distance (PDI)
Masculinity vs. Femininity
Individual vs Society
Risk Avoidance/Uncertainty Avoidance Index
Past Term Orientation vs Present Term Orientation
Expresses the degree to which the less powerful members of a society accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. Which dimension is this?
Power Distance (PDI)
Masculinity vs. Femininity
Individualism vs Collectivism
Risk Avoidance/Uncertainty Avoidance Index
Long Term Orientation vs Short Term Orientation
This dimension expresses the degree to
which the members of a society feel uncomfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity. Which dimension is this?
Power Distance (PDI)
Masculinity vs. Femininity
Individualism vs Collectivism
Risk Avoidance/Uncertainty Avoidance Index
Long Term Orientation vs Short Term Orientation
Every society has to maintain some links with its own past while dealing with the challenges of the present and the future. Societies prioritize these two existential goals differently. This description refer to the following dimension...
Power Distance (PDI)
Masculinity vs. Femininity
Individualism vs Collectivism
Risk Avoidance/Uncertainty Avoidance Index
Long Term Orientation vs Short Term Orientation
People in this society perceive themselves as happier and healthier. Leisure is consider and ethic and people are generally more optimistic/positive. This describes a society which is more __________ according to the ________________ dimension.
Indulgence - Indulgent vs Control (IVC)
Restraint - Pleasure vs Restraint (PVR)
Indulgent - Indulgent vs Restraint (IVR)
Restraint - Indulgent vs Restraint (IVR)
This society prefers to maintain time-honoured traditions/norms, changes are viewed with suspicions. People save and invest less. This is a description of a society based on which dimension?
Long Term Orientation vs Short Term Orientation
(LTO)
Indulgence vs. Restraint (IVR)
Individualism vs. Collectivism
Risk avoidance/Uncertainty Avoidance Index(UAI)
People’s self-image is defined in terms of “we.”Harmony is key. Competition is between groups or communities. This description reflects a ___________________ society.
Individualistic
Collectivist
Harmonious
Happy
Society at large is more competitive. Generally, work and material wealth is prioritized over family and regard leisure time. Poverty is viewed as a result of of one's lack of effort to succeed. This is a description of a _____________ society.
Capitalist
Advanced
Feminine
Masculine
The concept of high and low context was introduced by
anthropologist __________ in his 1976 book Beyond Culture.
Edward de Bono
Edward T. Hall
Edward Norton
Edward Snowden
The characteristics of high context cultures include...
Foster long lasting relationships
Non confrontational and indirect
Quick to change
More collectivist
Rely on non verbal signs
The characteristics of low context cultures include...
Relationships are shallower and short term
More individualistic
Quick to change
More collectivist
Requires implicit communication
In high context culture, time is considered more...
structure and rigid
open and flexible
open and structured
punctual
In low context culture, there is generally a low commitment to long term relationship and _____ are more important than _______.
relationship - task
money - task
task - money
task - relationship
The study of physical space and people – the
relationship within it is called.
promix
proxemics
space
proximity
____________is an example of a mobile form of territory
and people need less or greater distances between them
and others.
Personal Space
Proxemics
Space
Boundaries
Doing one thing at a time and taking careful
planning and scheduling with time is a characteristic of a _________society.
Punctual
Monochronic time
Polychronic time
Time Management
Human interaction is valued over time
and material things, leading to a lesser concern for 'getting things done' -- they do get done, but more in their own time. This is a description of a ____________ society.
Punctual
Monochronic time
Polychronic time
Time Management
