BUS 272 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Guanxi, Collectivism, Femininity
16 Sep 2016
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Chapter 3 values, attitudes, and diversity in the workplace: values. Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence. Value system: values of our culture; ranking of what"s most important and least important. Rokeach: two types of values: terminal: goals that individuals would like to achieve during their lifetime. : stimulating active life: instrumental: preferable ways of behaving. Hofstede"s cultural dimensions: power distance: how much of an unbalanced power is accepted. High: a lot of inequalities but accepted by culture. : ca and usa, everybody can be president (low), but other countries can"t have education for everyone (high: individualism versus collectivism. Collectivism: group will protect all of them: masculinity versus femininity. Masculin culture: more competitive, achievement oriented, more money oriented. High: low risks: long-term versus short-term orientation. Lt: focus on the future, tradition, persistence.
