Deck 14: Organizational Change

Question 1

The GLOBE project identified _________ basic cultural dimensions.

A)4
B)5
C)7
D)8
E)9

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Individualistic cultures give priority

A)to individual freedom and choice
B)to the group
C)to shared risks
D)to individual desires and goals as well as freedom and choice
E)to family members

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which leader attribute is considered negative across the globe?

A)trustworthy
B)motive arouser
C)decisive
D)egocentric
E)informed

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A(n) _____________ culture is when personal goals are less important than community goals and interests.

A)individualistic
B)organizational
C)collectivist
D)work/life
E)institutional

Question 5

Primary meaning derived from various non-verbal situational cues is a(n) _____________ culture.

A)low-context
B)collective
C)high-context
D)individual
E)organizational

Question 6

Anyone living or working in a foreign county is a(n)

A)alien
B)employee
C)foreigner
D)expatriate
E)visitor

Question 7

The second stage in the foreign assignment cycle is

A)selection
B)training
C)arrival and adjustment
D)settling in and acculturating
E)returning home and adjusting

Question 8

Cultural anthropologists believe that

A)people remain separate for self-preservation
B)people have little interest in learning about others
C)we can learn valuable lessons by comparing ourselves with others
D)people evolve through experience
E)none of the responses are correct

Question 9

Belief that one's native country, culture, language, and behaviour is superior is called

A)democentrism
B)country centrism
C)ethnocentrism
D)superiority
E)cultural pride

Question 10

Cultural differences are easy to grasp.

Question 11

Socially shared meanings that are assumptions about how to perceive, act, and feel is __________ culture.

A)shared
B)societal
C)organizational
D)Canadian
E)individualistic

Question 12

Culture shock involves

A)disorientation
B)doubt
C)anxiety
D)disorientation, doubt, and anxiety
E)none of the responses relate to culture shock

Question 13

The ability to make a decision, enact change, and accurately interpret ambiguous cross-cultural situations that are consistent with cultural expectations is

A)emotional intelligence
B)corporate intelligence
C)cultural intelligence
D)individual intelligence
E)change versatility

Question 14

Saul does many things at one time and is not concerned about time.He is demonstrating ___________ time.

A)monochronic
B)polychronic
C)real
D)relative
E)exclusive

Question 15

Structured training experiences to help people adjust to a new culture/country is called

A)cross-organizational training
B)cross-cultural training
C)cross-experience training
D)cross-country training
E)training

Question 16

Amena comes from a culture that is very family oriented and respects authority figures.Her background would relate to

A)high-power distance
B)high assertiveness
C)high-power distance and high in-group collectivism
D)high-performance orientation
E)high-gender egalitarianism

Question 17

Which of the following statements about foreign assignments is FALSE?

A)men between the ages of 40 and 49 working in construction are most likely to take on a reassignment
B)nine percent of employees 20-29 years of age go on international assignments
C)just 30% of women go on international assignments.
D)Canadian firms typically make a relocation investment in excess of $1 million to keep an employee overseas for three years
E)men between the ages of 40 and 49 working in engineering or IT are most likely to take on a reassignment

Question 18

What are the factors that influence culture within organizational behaviour?

A)economic/technological
B)political/legal
C)ethnic
D)religion
E)all the responses are cultural influences on organizational behaviour

Question 19

The research conducted by Hofstede found that

A)management theories need to be adapted to local cultures
B)cultural arrogance can no longer be afforded in a global economy
C)employees across the global were more alike than expected
D)management theories need to be adapted to the local culture and cultural arrogance is not appropriate
E)culture does not have implications for organizational practices

Question 20

Based on the research conducted by Project GLOBE, Canada ranked

A)high on performance, future orientation, and individualism
B)moderately high on assertiveness
C)moderately low on power distance
D)low on gender differentiation
E)all of the responses are correct

Question 21

Explain each of the four stages in the foreign assignment cycle.

Question 22

Only slightly more than half of expatriates felt their organization did a good job of keeping in touch when they were on foreign assignment, relying on email and websites.

Question 23

How does an understanding of organizational behaviour assist an expatriate in being successful in their foreign assignment?

Question 24

An aspect of a global mind-set is the avoidance of stereotypical thinking.

Question 25

The right person, with a supportive and adventurous family, can be difficult to find for a foreign position.

Question 26

Employees bring organizational culture to work with them in the form of customs and language.

Question 27

Language training is considered a difficulty and expensive cross-cultural training experience.

Question 28

The GLOBE dimensions enable us to understand how cultures vary.

Question 29

Two different cultural orientations can exist within the same country.

Question 30

Elaborate on why culture is compared to peeling an onion.

Question 31

The four cultural dimensions identified by Hofstede are (1) power distance, (2) individualism-collectivism, (3) masculinity-femininity, and (4) certainty avoidance.

Question 32

Research suggests that ethnocentrism is bad for business.

Question 33

The best defense against culture shock includes training and intensive language study of the host country.

Question 34

Canada tends to run on monochronic time.

Question 35

Canada is a high-context culture.

Question 36

The awareness of countries that have a collectivist society or an individualist society is not necessary to be a successful expatriate.

Question 37

There are no adjustment problems for an expatriate when returning to his or her home country to work.