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Title: Understanding Global Cultures


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UnderstandingGlobal Cultures
  • Nigeria

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Cultural Metaphors
  • Cleft National Cultures
  • Ch. 15 The Malaysian Balik Kampung
  • Ch. 16 The Nigerian Marketplace
  • Ch. 17 The Israeli Kibbutzim and Moshavim
  • Ch. 18 The Italian Opera
  • Ch. 19 Belgian Lace

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Cultural Metaphors
  • four generic types of cultures, plus
  • Cleft National Cultures
  • one in which the subcultures of the diverse
    ethnic groups are difficult to integrate

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Cultural Metaphors
  • Unit of analysis in the book the nation or
    national culture
  • Other units of analysis may include
  • one person (e.g., Paul Buffalo)
  • the family (e.g., Strodtbeck)
  • the community
  • a region
  • a culture

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  • Culture Counts
  • and it counts quit a bit

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  • Geert Hofstede (1991)
  • IBM study demonstrated that national culture
    explained 50 of the differences in attitudes in
    IBMs 53 countries (p. 5)
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