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Value Traits
Value Traits
Collectivism
Collectivism A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which people in a
culture emphasize duty to groups to which people belong and to group harmony.
Americans generally have low collectivism, whereas Italians and Taiwanese
have relatively high collectivism.
(Work is done efficiently in groups)
Power Distance
A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture accept
unequal distribution of power in a society. (Your acceptance ke tere boss ko jyada
importance milta hai)
People in India tend to have high power distance, whereas people in Denmark
gener- ally have low power distance.
Uncertainty avoidence
A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture tolerate
ambi- guity (low uncertainty avoidance) or feel threatened by ambiguity and
uncertainty (high uncertainty avoidance).
(IF you have the capability of working under ambiguous rules and
regulation)
Uncertainty avoidance tends to be high in Italy and Taiwan and very high in
Japan. It is generally low in Denmark.
Achievement orientation
A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture
emphasize competitive versus cooperative relations with other people. (low
matlab competitive environment nahi hai, high achievement orientation
(matlab cutthroat competition, success ke peeche bhago)
in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark score very low on achievement orientation.
In contrast, very high achievement orientation scores have been reported in
Japan and Hungary, with fairly high scores in the United States and Italy.
Country
Indi
Collect
Power
dist
Uncerta Achieve
in
orientat
Avoiden ion
ce
US
High
Low
Med Low
Med High
India
Japan
MH
MH
M
L
Medium
Low
H
M
MH
H
MH
H