Chinese Culture Analysis

CULTURE DEFINITION

Traditionally, culture is said to be a set of symbols that gives meaning to a position that a person occupy in the community, it is sometimes referred to as a context variable. (SUNDARAM, ANANT K, 1997) Some writers argue that culture can be widely defined as a man-made part of environment (Herskovits, 1955) which consists of the objective and subjective elements, the group’s way of considering the social environment (Triandis, Malpass, & Davidson, 1972).

According to Geert Hofstede, culture is "a collective programmer of minds that differentiates human being from one group of people to the other." Culture is a shared system of understanding interrelationship, shaped by the members, experience with history and despite the fact that individuals are rarely clairvoyant of their own culture, yet it

Regarding the power distance, Chinese culture has a high (80%) power distance indeed (Vyuptakesh Sharan, 2009) members of an organization there accept the hierarchy gap between the top management and lower employees. Chinese culture will wait for instructions from the top before executing their tasks. The subordinates and bosses consider themselves as uneven and therefore inequalities are accepted. The subordinates are waiting for orders and direct from the part of the hierarchy. The external signs of power are accepted. (Vyuptakesh Sharan, 2009)

In the other hand America has a low (40%) power distance. (Alan M. Rugman and Richard M. hodgetts) Here Employees will want to air their views and take some level of ownership over their own work. The subordinates and bosses consider themselves as equal. The subordinates are awaiting a participatory approach on the part of superiors. The statutory mobility is strong: a subordinate may become boss, thus reversing the report of authority. The external signs of power are hardly accepted. (Alan M. Rugman and Richard M.