PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Minsk National Airport, Interactional Justice, W. M. Keck Observatory
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Chapter 4 values, attitudes, and work behaviour. Cultural differences in values: work centrality, work is valued differently across cultures, hofstede"s study, hofstede questioned many ibm employees located in 40 countries about their work-related values discovered 4 basic dimensions along which work-related values differed across cultures. Power distance the extent to which society members accept an unequal distribution of power, including those who hold more power and those who hold less: small = denmark, new zealand, israel, austria. Masculinity/femininity more masculine cultures clearly differentiate gender roles, stress economic performance. More feminine cultures accept fluid gender roles, stress sexual equality, stress quality of life: masculine = japan, austria, mexico, feminine = scandinavian countries. Individualism/collectivism individualistic societies stress independence, individual initiative, and privacy. Collective cultures favour interdependence and loyalty to family or clan: how much collective distribution of resources is stressed, how much one"s group or org elicits loyalty, collectivist = venezuela, columbia, pakistan then japan in middle.
