Culture

A major difference between Buddhism and Hinduism is that unlike Hinduism, Buddhism

• does not support the caste system.

• emphasizes wealth creation.

• promotes blind loyalty to employers.

• supports extreme ascetic behavior.

Cross-cultural literacy refers to

• an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group

• the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures.

• abstract ideas about what a group believes to be good, right, and desirable.

• an understanding of how cultural differences can affect business.

A society's social structure refers to its

• system of values and norms.

• basic social organization.

• religious practices.

• educational infrastructure.

A ________ is a less rigid form of social stratification in which social mobility is possible.

Hofstede's uncertainty avoidance dimension considered

• the extent to which different cultures socialized their members into accepting ambiguous situations and tolerating uncertainty.

• the relationship between gender and work roles.

• how a society deals with the fact that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities.

• the relationship between the individual and his or her fellows.

The term ________ refers to a group of people sharing a common set of values and norms.

Max Weber believed that Protestantism encouraged capitalism's development by emphasizing the importance of wealth creation and frugality.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The ________ dimension of Hofstede's study explores how a society deals with the fact that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities.

Religion may be defined as

• routine conventions of everyday life.

• social rules that govern people's actions toward each other.

• shared beliefs and rituals that are concerned with the realm of the sacred.

• a set of moral principles, or values, that are used to guide and shape behavior.

In countries where the value of group identification is considered to be primary, managers and workers are discouraged from moving from company to company.

• TRUE

• FALSE