Question 1

The extent to which people engage in behaviors such as planning,investing in the future,and delaying gratification is which cultural dimension?

Accepted Answer

A)  Power distance
B)  Future orientation
C)  Institutional collectivism
D)  Gender egalitarianism

Question 2

A criticism of the GLOBE research study,cited in the text,is

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A)  The way the study measured leadership.
B)  The narrow scope of the study.
C)  Underdeveloped quantitative research design.
D)  Classification system is not as expansive as the Hofstede classification system.

Question 3

The assertiveness dimension of culture in the GLOBE studies is described as

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A)  The degree to which people assert their influence when planning for the future
B)  The degree to which people in the culture are determined and confrontational
C)  The degree to which a society provides rewards for excellence
D)  The degree to which a society relies on established procedures to avoid failure

Question 4

Trompenaars completed a large survey of people in 47 different countries and determined two organizational cultural classifications:

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A)  Power distance and uncertainty avoidance
B)  Person vs.task and in-group vs.out-group
C)  Egalitarian vs hierarchical and institutional vs.in-group collectivism
D)  Person vs.task and egalitarian vs.hierarchical

Question 5

One weakness of the culture and leadership research is

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A)  Self-protective leader behaviors were consistent across all 10 cultural clusters
B)  The definitions of some cultural dimensions and leadership behaviors are unclear
C)  Hofstede's five dimensions should have been used,not the nine dimensions from GLOBE research
D)  The subscales of leadership behaviors showed strong validity but lacked reliability

Question 6

How many cultural dimensions did the GLOBE researchers identify?

Accepted Answer

A)  2
B)  5
C)  6
D)  9

Question 7

Plan a way for two countries that differ on future orientation (one with a high score,the other with a low score)to negotiate an agreement on environmental protection.

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Question 8

The power distance cultural dimension in the GLOBE studies is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  The degree to which cultural norms are clearly defined
B)  The degree to which gender inequality is viewed
C)  The degree to which the group expects that power should be shared unequally
D)  The degree to which the group is expected to take collective action

Question 9

Switzerland is often cited as having high degrees of which cultural dimension from the GLOBE studies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humane orientation
B)  Future orientation
C)  Gender egalitarianism
D)  Institutional collectivism

Question 10

Who researched culture and leadership resulting in the GLOBE research program?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adler and Bartholomew
B)  Hofstede
C)  Lord and Maher
D)  House et al.

Question 11

Universally undesirable leadership behaviors include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  Asocial
B)  Loner
C)  Explicit
D)  Dictatorial

Question 12

Universally desirable leadership attributes do not include

Accepted Answer

A)  Effective bargainer.
B)  Dictatorial.
C)  Plans ahead.
D)  Win-win problem solver.

Question 13

Five cross-cultural competencies for leaders include all of the following except

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A)  Being able to adapt to living and communicating in other cultures.
B)  Learning the perspectives,trends,and tastes of many cultures.
C)  Understanding business,political,and cultural environments worldwide.
D)  Teaching the importance of one's own culture to other cultures.

Question 14

The questionnaires used in the GLOBE studies were analyzed to determine whether the groupings of cultures were in fact valid.They found that

Accepted Answer

A)  The clusters shared some categories across the cultures
B)  The clusters represented are valid and reliable in differentiating cultures of the world
C)  The clusters represented are not valid or reliable in differentiating cultures of the world
D)  The clusters did have some differentiation but also shared many categories across cultures

Question 15

Which cluster of cultures in the GLOBE studies have high scores on humane orientations and are generally very concerned for and sensitive to others?

Accepted Answer

A)  Latin America
B)  Sub-Saharan Africa
C)  Germanic Europe
D)  Eastern Europe

Question 16

What was the main purpose of the GLOBE project?

Accepted Answer

A)  To refute the concepts found in implicit leadership theory
B)  To determine how people from different cultures viewed leadership
C)  To describe how transformational leadership is different in multiple cultures
D)  To refute the concepts in Hofstede's five cultural dimensions of leadership

Question 17

Assertiveness is a universally desirable leader attribute.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The cultural dimension in which organizations encourage and reward members for excellence is

Accepted Answer

A)  Humane orientation.
B)  Assertiveness.
C)  Power distance.
D)  Performance orientation.

Question 19

A strength of the GLOBE study is that it provided a classification of cultural dimensions that is more expansive than Hofstede's classification system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

My supervisor involves all of us in making and implementing decisions.Which of the global leadership behaviors am I using?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participative
B)  Team-oriented
C)  Autonomous
D)  Humane oriented

Exam 16: Culture and Leadership

A strength of the GLOBE study is that it provided a classification of cultural dimensions that is more expansive than Hofstede's classification system.

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Plan a way for two countries that differ on future orientation (one with a high score,the other with a low score)to negotiate an agreement on environmental protection.

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Who researched culture and leadership resulting in the GLOBE research program?

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The extent to which people engage in behaviors such as planning,investing in the future,and delaying gratification is which cultural dimension?

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Switzerland is often cited as having high degrees of which cultural dimension from the GLOBE studies?

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