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1、PowerDistanceBuildingBlock#7Whystudypowerdistance?“Oneofthemostimportantandfrequentlytroublesomework-relatedculturaldifferencesinvolvesthephenomenonknowaspowerdistance.”It’ssignificanceextendswellbeyondtheworkplace,becauseIfocusesontheattitudeofasocietytowardinequ
2、ality-howsocietydealswithdifferentpeople(Storti,FiguringForeignersOut,1999)WhatisPowerDistance?Powerdistancereferstothedegreetowhichmembersofacultureidealizethedistinguishingofsocialpoweramongthemembers,"theextenttowhichthelesspowerfulmembersofinstitutionsandorgan
3、izationswithinacommunityexpectandacceptthatpowerisdistributedunequally“PowerDistanceCharacteristicsLowPowerDistanceHighPowerDistanceEqualityIndependence(Impersonal)TruthNegotiationDiscussionRespect/AuthorityDependence(Personal)WisdomDecreeLectureHighPowerDistanceT
4、heseculturesacceptthatinequalitiesinpowerandstatusarenaturalorexistential(justpartofourexistence)Peoplejustacceptthatsomeamongthemwillhavemorepowerandinfluencethanothers(likesomepeoplealltallerthanothers)Thosewithpowertendtoemphasizeitandholditclose(donotgivetheir
5、powerovertoothers)HighPowerDistance(cont.)PowerisrarelydelegatedorsharedThosewithpowertrytodistinguishthemselvesasmuchaspossiblefromthosewhodonothavepowerThosewithpowerarealsoexpectedtoaccepttheresponsibilitiesthatgowithpower,specificallylookingafterthosebeneathth
6、emSubordinatesarenotexpectedtotakeinitiativeandarecloselysupervisedLowPowerDistanceSeeinequalitiesinpowerandstatusasman-madeandartificialItisnotnatural,thoughitmaybeconvenient,thatsomepeoplehavepoweroverothersThosewithpowertendtodeemphasizetheirpower(giveitaway,or
7、trytoactlowerthantheirposition)LowPowerDistance(cont.)ThosewithpowertendtominimizethedifferencesbetweenthemselvesandsubordinatesPowerisoftensharedandresponsibilitiesaredelegatedasmuchaspossibleSubordinatesarerewardedfortakinginitiativeanddonotlikeclosesupervisionP
8、art1.HighorLow?Peoplearelesslikelytoquestiontheboss;studentsdon’tquestionteachersExpressingyourideasopenlycouldgetyouintotroubleExpressingyourideasopenl
