Herman Miller, an office furniture manufacturer wants employees to bring their whole person to work. Explain what that means.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2Collectivistic cultures are rooted in social groups. Why is accountability pressure effective in
collectivistic cultures?
A) People want to save face and are concerned with their personal outcomes.
B) People want to seem ethical to out-group members.
C) The desire for influence and control pushes the individual to take actions that
demonstrate their knowledge of their native cultural values.
D) People are answerable to others within their group for conducting themselves in a certain
manner.
Question 3Traditional evaluation criteria emphasize stereotypically female characteristics.
a. true
b. false
Question 4Changing evaluation criteria to softer data' can be an effective strategy for creating a more multicultural organization.
a. true
b. false
Question 5Culture is defined as the personality of a group. A group who is concerned about how the
results of their behaviors affect the other in-group members, share resources with in-group
members, and feel interdependent with in-group members hold what
type of cultural value?
A) Individualism B) Dispositionalism
C) Egalitarianism D) Collectivism
Question 6With regard to cultural differences in negotiation, a stereotype is ________; a prototype is
________.
A) an act of discrimination; a scientific or technical invention that is in its initial form (i.e.,
before refinement)
B) a form of racial prejudice; a form of belief prejudice
C) the recognition that members of a given culture might have a central tendency, but there
is variation within the culture; a belief that members of a given culture are largely all the
same
D) a belief that members of a given culture are largely all the same; the recognition that
members of a given culture might have a central tendency, but there is variation within
the culture
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