Scenario: International Manufacturing & Trading International Manufacturing & Trading (IMT) 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.IMT will send key top managers from the U.S.office and will hire the lower-level managers and employees from the local markets.IMT managers realize that there will be some cultural differences but are unsure of what and how much.U.S.managers tend to be:
A)more individualistic.
B)high in nurturing.
C)more collectivist.
D)low in achievement orientation.
E)high in uncertainty avoidance.

Question

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U.S.managers tend to be more individualistic, low in nurturing, low in collectivism, a little above the middle of the range on achievement orientation, and have medium to low uncertainty avoidance.Refer: Exhibit 2.8