Mary, a Canadian executive, did not know why she needed to waste her time attending this workshop. She was relocating to India on a long term assignment for the company and was due to leave in six weeks. Instead of allowing her time to work on the financials for the new operation her boss had sent her on a three-day workshop to learn about Indian culture. Even though Mary did not 'get it' her boss was trying to improve her:
A) Cultural literacy
B) Cultural legitimacy among Indians
C) Cultural ethnocentricity
D) Individualism
E) Masculinity-femininity dimension

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Mary's boss sent her on a workshop to learn about Indian culture, which suggests that the purpose was to improve her cultural literacy, or her knowledge and understanding of another culture. This would be important for someone who is relocating to a foreign country on a long-term assignment.

Mary, a Canadian Executive, Did Not Know Why She Needed