INTERNATIONAL OPERATION MANAGEMENT

13) Most people's basic value system is ________.

A) inborn

B) changed in adulthood through imposition

C) affected primarily by teenage peer pressure

D) fairly firmly in place at a young age

Answer: D

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 52

Skill: Concept

Objective: STUDY QUESTION 2.4: What factors influence cultural stability and cultural change?

AACSB: Multicultural and Diversity

14) Contact among countries brings about cultural change, a process called ________.

A) cultural collision

B) cultural imperialism

C) cultural diffusion

D) creolization

Answer: C

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 52

Skill: Concept

Objective: STUDY QUESTION 2.4: What factors influence cultural stability and cultural change?

AACSB: Multicultural and Diversity

15) Creolization refers to ________.

A) government efforts to maintain a distinct cultural identity

B) the process of mixing elements of an outside culture with those of a national culture

C) the use of stereotypes to describe a culture

D) changes as cultures evolve over time

Answer: B

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 52

Skill: Concept

Objective: STUDY QUESTION 2.4: What factors influence cultural stability and cultural change?

AACSB: Multicultural and Diversity

16) Cultural change imposed by an alien culture is called ________.

A) ethnocentricity

B) cultural imperialism

C) collectivism

D) creolization

Answer: B

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 52

Skill: Concept

Objective: STUDY QUESTION 2.4: What factors influence cultural stability and cultural change?

AACSB: Multicultural and Diversity