Author Question: In the context of Hofstede's cultural dimensions, which of the following is a difference between ... (Read 117 times)

KimWrice · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

In the context of Hofstede's cultural dimensions, which of the following is a difference between leaders in high power distance cultures and low power distance cultures?

a) Leaders in high power distance cultures tend to be autocratic or paternalistic in their decision making and interactional style, while leaders in low power distance cultures tend to be more participative and consensual.
b) Leaders in high power distance cultures do not encourage greater status and power differences between them and their followers, while leaders in low power distance cultures encourage greater status and power differences between them and their followers.
c) Leaders in high power distance cultures encourage conflict and disagreement across hierarchies, while leaders in low power distance do not encourage conflicts and disagreements across hierarchies.
d) Leaders in high power distance cultures tend to be more participative and consensual, while leaders in low power distance cultures tend to be autocratic or paternalistic in their decision-making and interactional style.

Question 2

In the context of the study by Masuda and Nisbett on attention involving American and Japanese students, people in Western cultures tend to engage in context-independent and _____ processes by focusing on a salient object (or person) independently from the context in which it is embedded.

a) holistic perceptual
b) naturalistic perceptual
c) analytic perceptual
d) scientific perceptual