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Culture <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Workplace<br />

Dimensions <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cultural</strong> Difference<br />

• Individual or Group (<strong>in</strong>dividualism versus collectivism)<br />

• View <strong>of</strong> Power or Authority (hierarchy versus equality)<br />

• Concern with Protocol (formality versus <strong>in</strong>formality)<br />

• Rules or Relationships (rules prevail versus relationships)<br />

• Time (l<strong>in</strong>ear versus cyclical)<br />

• Sense <strong>of</strong> Personal Space (low versus high)

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