Understanding Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions (Scenario)

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Understanding Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions (Scenario)
Sasha has lived in Toronto her entire life and works at the head office of a large multinational corporation. She has recently become aware of several job openings for management in a number of the company's foreign subsidiaries. As she ponders the prospect of an overseas assignment, she reviews the research of Geert Hofstede to try to understand the cultural differences she would be faced with in each of the foreign subsidiaries.
-One of the countries that Sasha is considering is Japan,where people look to the future and value thrift and persistence.Japan is considered high on which of the following dimensions?

• A)individualism
• B)nurturing
• C)long-term orientation
• D)power distance

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