The individualism/collectivism dimension describes
A) the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations and institutions accept and expect that power is distributed unequally.
B) the extent to which the society is organized around individuals or the group.
C) the extent to which cultures hold values that were traditionally perceived as masculine or feminine.
D) the extent to which a culture programs its members to feel either uncomfortable or comfortable in unstructured situations.
E) None of the above describes the individualism/collectivism dimension.
Answer: B
Negotiation
- When working to create a new approach that may include aspects of either home culture or adopt practices from a third culture, negotiators are using what approach?
- The "embrace the other party's approach" strategy involves
- "Coordinating adjustment" involves
- "Adapting to the other party's approach" is best used by parties with
- Which of the following lists only joint strategies for cross-cultural negotiations?
- Which of the following strategies should negotiators with a low familiarity with the other culture choose?
- According to Weiss, when choosing a strategy, negotiators should
- According to Graham, which of the following statements would be characteristic of a Japanese negotiator?
- In group-oriented cultures
- Risk-avoiding cultures will
- What consequences do negotiators from high uncertainty-avoidance cultures bring to negotiations?
- Power distance describes
- Power distance describes
- The "culture-as-shared-value" approach
- Which of the following is not one of Janosik's four ways that culture is used in international negotiation?
- Which of the following factors most influences relative bargaining power?
- Political and legal pluralism can make cross cultural negotiations more complex because
- Which of the following is an immediate context factor in cross-cultural negotiations?
- According to Salacuse, which of the following is not a factor in the environmental context of negotiations?
- We use the term "culture" to refer to the
- There is a growing body of evidence that suggests that women are at a disadvantage in negotiations as compared to male negotiators. The nature of this disadvantage may occur in
- Which of the following are likely to "level the playing field" for women who seem to be at a disadvantage in negotiations?
- Women tend to fare worse on salary negotiations because:
- Identify the one result from among the following empirical findings on gender differences that is not true.