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International OB: Managing across Cultures. Chapter Four. Learning Objectives. LO.1 Define the term culture, and explain how societal culture and organizational culture combine to influence on-the-job behavior. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter Four
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Learning Objectives
LO.1 Define the term culture, and explain how societal culture and organizational culture combine to influence on-the-job behavior.
LO.2 Define ethnocentrism, and explain how to develop cultural intelligence.
LO.3 Distinguish between high-context and low-context cultures, and identify and describe
the nine cultural dimensions from Project GLOBE.LO.4 Distinguish between individualistic and collectivist
cultures, and explain the difference between monochronic and polychronic cultures.
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Learning Objectives (cont.)
LO.5 Specify the practical lesson from the Hofstede cross-cultural study, and explain what Project GLOBE researchers discovered about leadership.LO.6 Discuss the results and practical significance of the
recent Bloom and Van Reenen study of national management styles.LO.7 Explain why US managers have a comparatively high
failure rate on foreign assignments.LO.8 Summarize the research findings about North American
women on foreign assignments.LO.9 Identify four stages of the foreign assignment cycle and
the OB trouble spot associated with each stage.
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Societal Culture Is Complex and Multilayered
Societal culture a set of beliefs and values about what is
desirable and undesirable in a community of people, and a set of formal or informal practices to support the values
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Cultural Influences on Organizational Behavior
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Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism belief that one’s native country, culture,
language, and behavior are superior to all others.
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Cultural Paradoxes Require Cultural Intelligence
Cultural intelligence ability to interpret ambiguous cross-cultural
situations correctly
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Contrasting High-Context and Low-Context Cultures
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Project GLOBE
GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness) attempt to develop an empirically based theory
to describe, understand, and predict the impact of specific cultural variables on leadership and organizational processes and the effectiveness of these processes
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Countries Ranking Highest and Loweston the GLOBE Cultural Dimensions
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Individualism versus Collectivism
Individualistic culture characterized as “I”
and “me” cultures, give priority to individual freedom and choice
Collectivist culture oppositely called
“we” and “us” cultures, rank shared goals higher than individual desires and goals
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Cultural Perceptions of Time
Monochronic time revealed in the ordered, precise, schedule-
driven use of public time that typifies and even caricatures efficient Northern Europeans and North Americans
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Why Do US Expatriates Failon Foreign Assignments?
Expatriate refers to anyone
living and/or working outside their home country
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The Foreign Assignment Cycle
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Key Cross-Cultural Competencies