LDSP 330 Midterm

Which one of the following is NOT a component of Livermore's CQ Drive?

Cultural Systems

According to Livermore (2015), cultural values and assumptions have less impact to leadership than cultural artifacts such as clothing, music, and food

False

Which cultural cluster is heavily influenced by Jante Law?

Nordic European

What four key dimensions is Livermore's CQ model made of?

CQ Drive, CQ Knowledge, CQ Strategy, CQ Action

In Anna and the King, the Kingdom of Siam is portrayed as having a high gender egalitarianism with a small power distance

False

Which one of the following is based upon scientific research findings and can help us enhance cultural intelligence if we use it wisely according to Thomas & Peterson (2015)?

Sophisticated Stereotype

In low power distance cultures, followers are likely to expect leaders to make decisions on their own, while in high power distance cultures, leaders are expected to make decisions together with the followers.

False

Harmony is more likely to be valued than truth in __________ cultures.

Particularist

Asian countries tend to be more short-term oriented than the countries in Anglo Cultural Cluster

False

Which one of the following is the best strategy to motivate employees in socialist societies according to Livermore (2015)?

Creating a culture of cooperation

When working in ________ and ________ cultures, you should NOT expect to learn deeply about a coworker's family situation

monochronic, masculine

According to Elkington and Tuleja (2018), both Confucianism and Ubuntu are ________ leadership ideas

Collectivist

Which of the following is NOT a universalist cluster?

Arab

When something goes wrong, a leader tends to blame others in order to protect himself or his group. This is an example of _________ leadership mostly practiced in _________ cultural cluster

self-protective, confucian Asia

Which one of the following leadership styles is universally viewed as contributing to effective leadership?

Participative

While on tour of the office, the male minister of commerce of a middle eastern country held the hand of a male American business partner and escorted him around. He did this to show his people that this partner is his buddy and everyone should take care of his buddy. Which one of the following best describes the leadership style of the minister of commerce?

Sheikocracy

According to GLOBE findings, most of the cultures in the world view charismatic/value-based leadership as contributing to effective leadership, and view participative and team leadership as inhibiting effective leadership

False

Bagshaw (2009) argues that attempting to apply leadership models developed in the United States to other parts of the world is __________

Scholarly ethnocentrism

Countries that score _______ on the power distance index tend to score ________ on the individualism index

high, low

Which best describes cultural differentialism?

The world is a mosaic of largely separate and different cultures

In Anna and the King, Anna's ________ leadership leads to the King's final application of ___________ leadership to execute Tuptim

participative, self-protective

Which of the following is NOT a key characteristic of culture? (Livermore, 2015, Thomas & Inkson, 2009)

Culture reflects individual identity, thus can not be shared by one's group

According to Hofstede, a demonize culture/society tends to emphasize the development of service industries while the masculine culture/society tends to focus on the development of manufacturing industries

True

According to Hofstede (2010), students in ________ cultures are likely to enjoy open-ended learning situations with vague objectives, broad assignments, and no timetables

low uncertainty avoidance

"I absolutely hate foreigners! Because they are foreign, they smell badly and are criminals and they are going to come and steal things off my desk when I am not watching..." Which one of the following does this statement reflect the best?

Xenophobia

Which GLOBE cultural dimension is similar to Hofstede's cultural dimension of masculinity?

Assertiveness

Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of a paternalistic leader?

non-authoritative

This class (LDSP 330)is designed to help us to enhance our cultural intelligence. Which of the following class topics is aimed to enhance our CQ knowledge?

all of the above

Mark thinks of himself as a very unique and independent leader. He prefers to lead by himself without consulting or involving the others. Julia prefers leading others by showing compassion and generosity. Which type of leadership do Mark and Julia demonstrate?

Mark: Autonomous, Julia: Humane-Oriented

PM stands for ________. It is a distinctive leadership model developed in _______ emphasizing the balance of ________

Performance-Maintenance, Japan, task and relations

Which one of the following leadership attributes is universally disliked according to GLOBE project findings?

Egocentric

Geographical system is one of the six basic cultural systems (Livermore 2015) and Pacific Islands is one of the ten cultural clusters (GLOBE, 2020)

False

Which one of the following countries is NOT in Confucian Asia cultural cluster?

Thailand

According to Hofstede, cultural values of a society reflect people's attitudes about five basic societal problems. Which of the following is NOT one of these five societal problems?

Motivation

A culture with a high masculinity score in Hofstede's cultural dimension is likely to have a high __________ score in GLOBE cultural dimension

Performance orientation

Globalization can be understood as a process marked by increasing political, _________, cultural, and human _________ worldwide facilitated by _________

economic, interconnectivity, technology

Livermore (2015) states that some countries have formal legal systems while others have informal ones. Formal legal systems emphasize the importance of conventional wisdom more than the written laws and constitutions

False

According to Hofstede (2010), schools in feminine cultures tend to emphasize the successful performance and brilliance

False

Collectivist and _________ cultures are likely to be more __________ than performance-oriented cultures

feminine, relationship-oriented

Which of the following is least likely to enhance CQ knowledge?

Interning in your hometown

You are excited to study abroad, but your roommate has no interest in studying abroad. Which of the following is he/she lacking?

CQ Drive

According to Livermore (2015), collectivist and ________ cultures tend to focus more on relationship than task.

Cooperative (feminine)

Which one of the following cultural clusters likes human-oriented leadership the most according to GLOBE project findings?

Sub-Saharan Africa