Mark,an American national,is visiting Mexico for a business meeting.Since he is used to addressing people by their first name,he calls his host,the Chairman of the company,by his first name rather than his title.The Chairman and the other Mexican board members get offended.This reveals differences in the cultural dimension of _____ between Mark and his Mexican hosts.

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Power distance concerns the way the culture deals with unequal distribution of power and defines the amount of inequality that is normal. In countries with large power distances, the culture defines it as normal to maintain large differences in power. In countries with small power distances, people try to eliminate inequalities. In the high-power-distance countries of Mexico and Japan, people address one another with titles.

Mark,an American National,is Visiting Mexico for a Business Meeting