Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 74

Multiple Choice

Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions.
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.
-Sasha notices that there is a job opening in Venezuela, where people prefer to act as members of groups and expect others in the group to protect them. Venezuela is considered low on which of the following dimensions?

• A) power distance
• B) long-term orientation
• C) collectivism
• D) uncertainty avoidance
• E) individualism

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