University of Houston

INTB 3355

Chapter 4

1)The nation’s culture is a key determinant for the evaluation of managers.

1. True
2. False

2: Symbols and Folklore are components of culture.

1. True
2. False

3: Since all cultures have a language, language is part of the material culture of a country.

1. True
2. False

4: Since a gift will have the same meaning in most cultures, a manager does not need to consider what the gift item is.

1. True
2. False

5: According to Hofstede, power distance is the extent to which members of a society accept the unequal distribution of power among individuals.

1. True
2. False

6: The first step international business managers can take in order to learn to live with other cultures is to:

1. learn the language.
2. visit the country.
3. realize that other cultures exist which are different from their own.
4. make friends with natives of the country.

7: Which of these statements does not fit the definition of culture?

1. The various aspects of culture are interrelated.
2. Culture is shared, patterned, and mutually constructed through social interaction.
3. Culture defines the boundaries of different groups.
4. Since people are born into cultural groups, they are born with a culture.

8:             is not one of Trompenaars’ Seven Dimensions.

1. Masculinity-Femininity
2. Attitudes toward Environment
3. Achievement vs. Ascription
4. Attitudes toward Time

9: Social units based on free associations may be formed by all of the following except:

1. Age.
2. Family.
3. Common interest.
4. Gender.

10:           is the degree to which the members of a society feel threatened by ambiguity and are rule-oriented.

1. Uncertainty Avoidance
2. Power Distance
3. Individualism
4. Masculinity-Femininity

11:           is a country with a LC culture.

1. China