Question

Hofstede's ____________ dimension focused on the tendency of people to look after themselves and their immediate family rather than the tendency to belong to groups to look after each other in exchange for loyalty.

a) individualism versus collectivism
b) masculinity versus femininity
c) uncertainty avoidance
d) power distance

Answer 1

Option a

Step-by-step explanation:

• Individualism on the one side versus its inverse, community, that is, how much people are coordinated into gatherings.

• On the independent side we discover social orders in which the ties between people are free: Everyone is relied upon to take care of him/herself and his/her close family.

• On the collectivist side, we discover social orders in which individuals from birth ahead are coordinated into solid, strong in-gatherings, frequently more distant families (with uncles, aunties, and grandparents) that keep securing them in return for unquestioning faithfulness.

• The word community in this sense has no political significance: It alludes to the gathering, not to the state. Once more, the issue tended to by this measurement is an amazingly principal one, with respect to all social orders on the planet.