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According to Hofstede, the extent to which subordinates accept a hierarchical system in a company is known as _______

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According to Hofstede, the extent to which subordinates accept a hierarchical system in a company is known as Power Distance.

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Hofstede basically discussed culture and investigated it and came up six different dimensions which a culture can have. Power distance is the dimension of the culture where people follow certain systems and hierarchies of the culture. If in a culture power distance will be higher then the people will be much divided in the castes based on the power, authority and money, like if in an organisation, power distance is higher, then the workers will tend to follow and obey hierarchy very strictly, and there will be much support from the top-level management, decisions will be made fro the top even without taking lower level employees into account. However, if the power distance is low, then there will be frequent sharing of idea, thoughts and support which is the main characteristics of the creative and innovative organisations.

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