Globalization Has Made It More Likely That People Will Work

question 45

Multiple Choice

Globalization has made it more likely that people will work from home with information technology, share jobs with other employees, work on short-term consulting projects, and work in a system of flextime. All of these are examples of how globalization has:

• A) dissolved standard patterns of full-time work.
• B) increased gender equity of pay by making it easier to combine paid work and family work.
• C) made full-time work more likely for those without a college degree.
• D) increased pay inequality between racial-ethnic groups.

Realize the importance of empathy and tolerance in cross-cultural communication.

Learn the characteristics of different contexts (low versus high) according to Edward T. Hall’s cultural model.

Understand the concept and applications of remote data and application storage.

Recognize the dangers of assuming cultural homogeneity within global business settings.

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