Global Manufacturing & Trading (GMT) is a medium-sized U.S. company rapidly expanding in the Asian and Far East markets. The company has decided to open a manufacturing plant in Japan, Taiwan, and Malaysia. GMT will send key top managers from the U.S. office and will hire the lower-level managers and employees from the local markets. GMT managers realize that there will be some cultural differences but are unsure of what and how much.
-GMT managers should know that employees from cultures with a high power distance are more likely to
A) use their power to obtain undue favors.
B) encourage consensus-oriented decision making.
C) avoid people in positions of power.
D) readily accept the high status of other people in the organization.
E) give their power to others as a sign of friendship.

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In cultures with high power distance, individuals are more likely to accept and expect that power is distributed unequally, and they readily accept the high status of others in the organization.

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