University of Colorado, Boulder

INBU 3300

Chapter 2

1)Because people can be grouped or classified in many ways, such as on the basis of nationality, ethnicity, religion, profession, and income level,                                                                                               .

1. 1. people live in a state of cultural collision
   2. cultural studies fail to understand behaviors
   3. identity crises make individual's lives chaotic
   4. people have more than one cultural group membership

2. It is most accurate to say that within most nation's borders, people largely share such essential attributes as      and                                                                 .

1. 1. work attitudes; occupations
   2. lifestyles; education level
   3. education level; ethnicity
   4. values; language

3. Which of the following languages has the most native speakers?
   1. English
   2. Mandarin
   3. Spanish
   4. Hindi
4.                  peoples account for the largest percentage of global production.
   1. English-­?speaking
   2. Mandarin-­?speaking
   3. French-­?speaking
   4. Spanish-­?speaking

5. The term "                   culture" describes a country in which the norm is a money-­?and-­? things orientation and a belief that it's better to "live to work" than to "work to live."
   1. high masculinity
   2. physiological
   3. non-­?fatalistic
   4. high-­?femininity

6. People generally prefer little consultation between superiors and subordinates in cultures where    is high.
   1. power distance
   2. fatalism
   3. individualism
   4. self-­?actualization

7. Safe work environments motivate                         ; challenges motivate                      .
   1. individualists; collectivists
   2. collectivists; individualists
   3. non-­?fatalists; fatalists
   4. materialists; non-­?materialists

8. Managers should be more precise in their directions to subordinates when

                .

1. 1. the company has a philosophy of geocentrism