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KEY DIMENSIONS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY image (SECONDARY DIMENSIONS …
KEY DIMENSIONS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
SECONDARY DIMENSIONS
(Brevis & Vrba, 2014:189)
Geographical location
Income
Military experience
Work background
Religous beliefs
Parental status
Education
Marital status
LANGUAGE DIMENSIONS
(Hall & Hall, 1990)
Language and things
Items and possession of people in their cultures
Language and friendship
Process of making and keeping friends
Language and space
Use of work and personal space
Language and agreement
Preference of verbal agreements
or agreements in black and white
Language and time
Polychronic culture
Monochronic culture
High-context and low-context culture
Communication
High context: Implicit
Low context: Explicit
NATIONAL DIMENSIONS
(Hofstede, 2011:3&8)
Individualism/Collectism
Merger of individuals into principal cohorts
Masculinity/Femininity
Division of roles on emotions by
males and females
Uncertainty avoidance
Stress levels of an untold future in society
Long/Short term orientation
Choice of focal point for people's endevours
Concentrate on "the future, or the
present and past" (Hofstede, 2011:8)
Power distance
Variety of solutions to inequality
as a basic human problem
Indulgence/Restraint
Fulfillment versus control of human aspirations in comparison to enjoyment of life
PRIMARY DIMENSIONS
(Brevis & Vrba, 2014:189)
Ethnicity
Sexual orientation
Gender
Race
Age
Physical ability
Language
TERTIARY DIMENSIONS
(Mazur, 2010:7)
Attributes
Feelings
Perceptions
Values
Assumptions
Group norms
Beliefs
