【跨文化交流-外教】14-Power-Distance.ppt

Power DistanceBuilding Block #7【跨文化交流-外教】14-Power-Distance全文共20页，当前为第1页。 Why study power distance?“One of the most important and frequently troublesome work-related cultural differences involves the phenomenon know as power distance.”It’s significance extends well beyond the workplace, because I focuses on the attitude of a society toward inequality - how society deals with different people(Storti, Figuring Foreigners Out, 1999)【跨文化交流-外教】14-Power-Distance全文共20页，当前为第2页。 What is Power Distance?Power distance refers to the degree to which members of a culture idealize the distinguishing of social power among the members, the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a community expect and accept that power is distributed unequally“【跨文化交流-外教】14-Power-Distance全文共20页，当前为第3页。 Power Distance CharacteristicsLow Power DistanceHigh Power DistanceEqualityIndependence(Impersonal) TruthNegotiationDiscussionRespect/AuthorityDependence(Personal) WisdomDecreeLecture【跨文化交流-外教】14-Power-Distance全文共20页，当前为第4页。 High Power DistanceThese cultures accept that inequalities in power and status are natural or existential (just part of our existence)People just accept that some among them will have more power and influence than others (like some people all taller than others)Those with power tend to emphasize it and hold it close (do not give their power over to others)【跨文化交流-外教】14-Power-Distance全文共20页，当前为第5页。 High Power Distance (cont.)Power is rarely delegated or sharedThose with power try to distinguish themselves as much as possible from those who do not have powerThose with power are also expected to accept the responsibilities that go with power, specifically looking after those beneath themSubordinates are not expected to take initiative and are closely supervised【跨文化交流-外教】14-Power-Distance全文共20页，当前为第6页。 Low Power DistanceSee inequalities in power and status as man-made and artificialIt is not natural, though it may be convenient, that some people