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In today's world of global communications, rapid transportation, and global markets, cultural differences have ceased to exist.

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Culture is not static.

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Norms are abstract ideas about what a group believes to be good, right, and desirable.

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The term society is another name for a country; each country has a single society.

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A country is defined as a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living.

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FALSE

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Folkways include rituals and symbolic behavior.

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Upon meeting a foreign business executive, a Japanese executive will hold his business card in both hands and bow while presenting the card to the foreigner. This is an example of ritual behavior.

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Folkways have much greater significance than mores.

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FALSE

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Even if a country can be characterized as having a single homogenous culture, often that national culture is a mosaic of subcultures.

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The values and norms of a culture do not emerge fully formed.

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TRUE

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Individualism has led to a high degree of managerial mobility between companies resulting in managers who have good general skills but lack company-specific experience.

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TRUE

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The emphasis on the individual in the United States may raise the costs of doing business due to its adverse impact on managerial stability and cooperation.

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In countries where the value of group identification is considered to be primary, managers and workers are discouraged from moving from company to company.

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The term social strata refers to the extent to which individuals can move out of the strata into which they were born.

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FALSE

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The most rigid system of stratification is a class system.

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FALSE

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A caste system is a closed system of stratification in which social position is determined by the family into which the person is born.

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TRUE

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A class system is a rigid form of social stratification in which the position a person has by birth cannot be changed through his/her own achievements or luck.

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FALSE

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Class consciousness refers to a condition where people tend to perceive themselves in terms of their class background.

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TRUE

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An antagonistic relationship between management and labor classes may result in lower costs of production.

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FALSE

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Ethical systems may be defined as a system of shared beliefs and rituals that are concerned with the realm of the sacred.

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FALSE

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According to Max Weber, Protestantism encouraged capitalism's development by emphasizing the importance of wealth creation and frugality.

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TRUE

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Like Christianity and Judaism, Islam is a polytheistic religion.

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FALSE

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The Koran speaks disapprovingly of free enterprise.

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FALSE

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The protection of the right to private property is embedded within Islam.

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TRUE

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The mudarabah contract is the most widely used Islamic banking method, because it is the easiest to implement.

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FALSE

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Max Weber thought that devout Hindus would be less likely to engage in entrepreneurial activity than devout Protestants.

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TRUE

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Unlike Hinduism, Buddhism supports the caste system.

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FALSE

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Both Hindus and Buddhists stress the afterlife and spiritual achievement rather than involvement in this world.

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TRUE

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Confucianism is a religion.

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FALSE

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Guanxi is an important mechanism for building long-term business relationships and getting business done in China.

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TRUE

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Since English is often thought of as the global language of business, it is not important for an American business executive to learn foreign languages.

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FALSE

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Unspoken language refers to nonverbal communication.

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TRUE

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Education plays an important role, from an international business perspective, as a determinant of national competitive advantage.

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TRUE

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Hofstede's study found that in masculine cultures, sex roles were less sharply distinguished, and little differentiation was made between men and women in the same job.

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FALSE

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Hofstede's research has been criticized because it was culturally bound.

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TRUE

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Hofstede's concept of power distance focused on the extent to which different cultures socialized their members into tolerating uncertainty.

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FALSE

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According to Hofstede, the concept of Confucian dynamism captures attitudes toward time, persistence, protection of face, and respect for tradition.

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TRUE

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People who take food or safety for granted tend to be xenophobic, are wary of political activity, have authoritarian tendencies, and believe that men make better political leaders than women.

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FALSE

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The convergence hypothesis states that there is a slow but steady merging occurring across different cultures towards some universally accepted values and norms.

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TRUE

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International businesses that are ill-informed about the practices of another culture are likely to fail.

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TRUE

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The value systems and norms of a country are unrelated to the costs of doing business in that country.

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FALSE

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The connection between culture and competitive advantage has important implications for the choice of countries in which to locate production facilities and do business.

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TRUE

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Because of its individualistic mindset, Japanese culture is more supportive of entrepreneurial activities than American culture.

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FALSE

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