Applied Intercultural Communication #1

Expressing your opinion openly is encouraged.

• High Power Distance culture

• Low Power Distance culture

Bosses are independent; subordinates are dependent.

• High Power Distance culture

• Low Power Distance culture

Paternalistic management style is more common.

• High Power Distance culture

• Low Power Distance culture

Employee-of-the-year awards are offered.

• Individualist culture

• Collectivist culture

It’s common for mothers to ask their preschoolers what they want to wear each day.

• Individualist culture

• Collectivist culture

People have potluck dinners instead of cocktail parties.

• Individualist culture

• Collectivist culture

Failing in school is a minor accident.

• High Masculine culture

• Low Masculine culture (Feminine)

We don’t live to work; we work to live.

• High Masculine culture

• Low Masculine culture (Feminine)

Managers are expected to be assertive and decisive.

• High Masculine culture

• Low Masculine culture (Feminine)

Ambiguity should be kept to a minimum.

• High Uncertainty Avoiding culture

• Low Uncertainty Avoiding culture