Question

Jason runs a manufacturing company. He hires five people based on their physical abilities because they are able to lift heavy boxes in the stockroom and two people based who are able to strategically plan the company’s next steps. Jason realizes that people are not equal in physical and intellectual capabilities, an aspect of which cultural dimension identified by Hofstede?

Answer 1

The answer is: Power distance

Step-by-step explanation:

Hofstede identified five cultural dimensions in his approach to identify and distinguish differences that existed between organizations and cultures of different countries:

1. Power distance: tries to explain why power is unequally distributed in an organization and culture as a whole. It states that less powerful individuals accept that more powerful individuals are given more power. The extent of being a powerful individual is not only measured by brute strength, but other parameters like intellectual capacity and leadership are also included.
2. Individualism
3. Masculinity
4. Uncertainty avoidance index
5. Long-term orientation