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Values provide the context within which a society's norms are established and justified

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T

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There is a strict one-to-one correspondence between a society and a nation-state

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F

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The emphasis on individualism may make it difficult to build teams within an organization to perform collective tasks

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T

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the primacy of the value of group identification encourages managers and workers to move from company to company

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F

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the least rigid system of social stratification is the caste system

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F

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in a class system, individuals born into a class at the bottom of the social hierarchy can work their way up

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T

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although upward social mobility was possible in Britain, it could not normally be achieved in one generation

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T

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class membership in the US is determined to a much greater degree by individual background and schooling, as opposed to economic achievements

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F

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in American society, the high degree of social mobility and the extreme emphasis on individualism have resulted in the emergence of class consciousness

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F

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it is easier for companies based in countries with a high degree of class consciousness to establish a competitive advantage in the global economy

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F

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Buddhism has the highest number of adherents in the world today

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F

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According to Max Weber, Protestant ethics discouraged the development of capitalism

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F

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like Christianity and Judaism, islam is a monotheistic religion

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T

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Under the Islamic banking method of mudarabah, when an Islamic bank lends money to a business, rather than charging that business interest on the loan, it takes a share in the profits that are derived from the investment

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T

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Max Weber argued that the ascetic principle embedded in Hinduism encourage the kind of entrepreneurial activity in pursuit of wealth creation that we find in Protestantism

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F

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Confucianism is not concerned with the supernatural and has little to say about the concept of a supreme being or an afterlife

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T

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According to Geert Hofstede, high power distance cultures were found in societies that tried to play down inequalities of power and wealth as much as possible

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F

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According to the World Values Survey, as countries get richer, a shift occurs away from "traditional values" linked to religion, family, and country, and toward "secular rational" values

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T

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Means an understanding of how cultural differences across and within nations can affect the way business is practiced

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Cross-cultural literacy

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True about culture

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multinational enterprises can themselves be engines of cultural change

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in a social context, the term values is used to describe the

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

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in a society, actions of people directed toward one another are governed by a set of social rules called

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norms

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a difference in the attitudes of people toward time in different cultures is an example of what individual cultures

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folkways

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True of mores

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certain mores have been enacted into law

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true about Western societies

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the value system of many western societies emphasize individual achievement

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dimension of social structure that is particularly important when explaining differences between cultures

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the emphasis on individuals in western societies has led to a low level of entrepreneurial activity

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implication of high degree of managerial mobility in societies that emphasize individualism

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lack of company-specific experience, knowledge, and a network of contacts among managers

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context of social structure, American society is characterized by a low degree of

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social stratification

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one of the downsides to the emphasis on individualism is that

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is difficult to build teams within an organization to perform collective tasks

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true about the business implications of Japanese society

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there is a low degree of movement from company to company among managers and workers

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if a society emphasizes the group as the primary unit of social organizations, it is most likely to

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discourage employees from moving company to company

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possible downside of emphasizing the primacy of group identification over individualism

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it leads to a lack of dynamism and entrepreneurship

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true about social stratification

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individuals are born into a particular social stratum

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In the country of Burnada, the citizens are restricted from moving out of the strata they are born into. Also, individuals are allowed to engage only in the occupation associated with their particular strata. The system of social stratification being practices in Burnada can be identified as

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caste system

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True about the class system in the US when compared to the British class system

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successful individuals from humble origins are highly respected in American society

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Refers to a condition where people tend to perceive themselves in terms of their class background, and this shapes their relationships with members of other classes

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class consciousness

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Most likely to be the result of high degrees of class consciousness in societies

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increase in the costs of production

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an ethical system that has influenced behavior and shaped culture in parts of Asia and is not considered as a religion

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Confucianism

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in 1904, who theorizes that there was a relationship between Protestantism and emergence of modern capitalism

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Max Weber

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According to max Weber, Protestantism encouraged capitalism's development by

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emphasizing the importance of hard work and wealth creation for the glory of God and frugality

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a religion that prohibits the payment of receipt of interest, as it is considered to be usury

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islam

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true of islam

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islam forbids the consumption of pork and alcohol

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muslim countries are likely to be receptive to international businesses as long as those businesses

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behave in a manner that is consistent with Islamic ethics

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Mudarabah and the murabaha are

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Islamic banking methods

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what is the common aspect of the teachings of Hinduism and Buddhism

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both stress the afterlife and spiritual achievement rather than material progress

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true of confucianism

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in Confucian thought, loyalty to one's superiors is regarded as a sacred duty

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Chinese is the mother tongue of the largest number of people, but English is the most widely spoken language in the world. This indicates that

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many people speak English as a second language

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aspect of nonverbal communication

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personal space

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best defines personal space

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it is the comfortable amount of distance between you and someone you are talking with

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true with regard to Geert Hofstede's cultural dimensions

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members of high uncertainty avoidance cultures had a strong need for rules and regulations

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characteristic of high uncertainty avoidance cultures

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they allow a manager to tightly control subordinate's initiatives

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a country is characterized with low uncertainty avoidance and low masculinity will

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be less resistant to change and less distinguishing between men and women in the same job

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true of Geert Hofstede's work on cultural dimensions

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his work fails to consider that many countries have more than one culture

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Which of Hofstede's dimensions focused on how a society deals with the fact that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities

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power distance

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best exemplified ethnocentrism

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Bryan's belief in the superiority of his culture has resulted in conflicts with his colleagues from different countries

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