Scenario: Global Trading, Inc.
Global Trading, Inc. (GTI) is a company that manufactures and markets in over 40 countries and has 75,000 employees. GTI is concerned about understanding and managing not only its employees abroad, but also its suppliers and customers. Jamie, a consultant with Diversity Training International, is supervising a cross-cultural project for GTI and proposes using the Hofstede framework for analyzing cultures. Executives with GTI are interested in the framework, but have many questions.
-Which one of the following dimensions would address a manager's concern for a more relaxed lifestyle in one national subsidiary versus power and wealth-hungry employees in another?

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The dimension "Quantity versus quality of life" (also known as Masculinity vs. Femininity) in Hofstede's framework addresses the contrast between a focus on achievement and material success (quantity of life) versus a focus on relationships and quality of life. This dimension would address the concern about a more relaxed lifestyle versus power and wealth-driven employees.