MGT/312 Unit 3 Quiz — Trompenaars, Hall, and GLOBE

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A supplier in a high-context culture responds to a delivery deadline with a long pause and 'That would be very difficult.' The low-context project manager records it as a manageable obstacle. The manager has most likely missed:

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A. An indirect but unambiguous refusal, since high-context communication signals disagreement through hesitation and understatement

B. An invitation to negotiate a higher price

C. A display of affective emotional expression

D. A proxemic violation of personal space

GLOBE's finding that 'As Is' and 'Should Be' scores are often negatively correlated most directly implies that:

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A. People do not necessarily endorse the cultural practices they currently live under, so a single score conflating practice and value is misleading

B. GLOBE's survey instrument was unreliable across societies

C. Cultural values are identical across all 62 societies studied

D. Hofstede's dimensions were confirmed without modification

According to GLOBE, which leadership attribute is CULTURALLY CONTINGENT rather than universally endorsed or universally rejected?

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A. Participative

B. Trustworthy

C. Dictatorial

D. Honest

In Trompenaars' framework, a manager from a diffuse culture receives blunt written criticism of a report from a specific-culture colleague and treats it as a personal attack. This reflects that in diffuse cultures:

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A. Work and private spheres overlap, so criticism of work engages the whole person rather than a bounded role

B. Status is ascribed by age and connections rather than achievement

C. Rules apply universally regardless of relationship

D. Time is treated synchronously rather than sequentially

Trompenaars' classic 'friend driving over the speed limit hits a pedestrian' scenario is designed to measure:

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A. Universalism versus particularism

B. Neutral versus affective expression

C. Internal versus external control

D. Achievement versus ascription

Which are design features by which GLOBE explicitly improved on Hofstede's methodology? (Select all that apply.)

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A. Sampling middle managers across three industries rather than one company

B. Measuring both current practices ('As Is') and endorsed values ('Should Be')

C. Explicitly linking cultural dimensions to endorsed leadership profiles (CLTs)

D. Splitting collectivism into institutional and in-group components

E. Abandoning quantitative survey measurement in favor of purely emic ethnography

Explain the difference between monochronic and polychronic time orientation, and describe one concrete meeting-management conflict that could arise on a team combining both, along with how you would address it.

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GLOBE found that some leadership attributes are universally endorsed while others are culturally contingent. Explain what this implies for a company designing a single global leadership development program.

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