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1、--------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------What are the most important WhatarethemostimportantAsweallknow,differentcountrieshavedifferentcultures.‘Cultureisthecollectiveprogrammingoft
2、hemindwhichdistinguishesthemembersofonecategoryofpeoplefromanother.’(Hofstede,1991)Itisinevitablethattheculturaldifferencehasimpactonbusiness.Forexample,whenacompanyhavingmeeting,theword“table”inAmericanEnglishthatmeanstoputsomethingontheagenda.ButinBritishEnglishitmeanst
3、oputsomethingofftheagenda.Thisexampleindicatedhowthecultureaffectsthebusiness.TherearefourculturaldimensionsthatweredefinedinHofstede’sresearch:Powerdistance,Uncertaintyavoidance,Individualism,Masculinity,andrecentlyHofstedeaddonemore:long-term-short-termorientation.WhatI
4、thinkthemostsignificantinfluenceinculturaldifferenceisthepowerdistance.(Hoecklin,1995:28)”Itwouldconditiontheextenttowhichemployeesacceptthattheirbosshasmorepowerthantheyhaveandtheextenttowhichtheyacceptthattheirboss’sopinionsanddecisionsarerightbecauseheorsheistheboss.”I
5、considereditashowmuchsubordinatescanconsentordissentwithbossesormanagers.Itisthedistancebetweenamanagerandsubordinate.Amongmostorientalcorporatecultures,thereishierarchism,greatercentralization,sometimescalled‘power-orientedculture’,duetothehistoricalreasons.Thatisahighpo
6、werdistanceculture8----------------------------------------------------精品文档值得收藏-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------thatmangersmakethedecisiona
7、ndsuperiorsappealtobeentitledmoreprivileges.Theirdecisionalwaysclosesupervisionpositivelyevaluatedbysubordinates.Inthissituation,itisnotberegardedifasubordinateshaveadisagreementwiththeirmanagers,especiallyinMalaysia,Japan,China,India.Intheoriental,powerdistanceisalsoasso
8、ciatedwith‘thefamilyculture’(Trompernaars,1993:139).Inthiskindofcorporateculturethemanagerislike
