Features of the Multicultural Mosaic and the Transcultural Leadership Requirement

Task 1 - Your cultural values (self-evaluation scale)

You can find below 22 statements about the functioning of organizations and how organizational members interrelate. We invite you to state which is your level of agreement with these statements. Answer according to what, from your point of view, it should occur, and not in terms of what actually occurs in your organization. Use please the five-point scale set out here.

1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Neither agree nor disagree
4.  Agree
5. Strongly agree

Please write down each statement's number and the points you award to it. Write it down on a table and see the slide at the end of the theoretical introduction for the key to interpret your scores.

1. The well-being and interpersonal harmony within the group are more important than individual rewards.
2. Administrators should take most of the decisions without consulting subordinates.
3. It is important to detail the job requirements and work instructions so that employees know what is expected from them.
4. The meetings tend to take place more effectively when they are coordinated by a man (and not by a woman).
5. The success of the group is more important than individual success.
6. It is necessary that managers often use their authority and their power when dealing with subordinates.
7. Managers should require employees to follow closely the instructions and procedures.
8. Having a professional career is more important to a man than to a woman.
9. It is very important that a person is accepted by the working group.
10. Managers should rarely solicit opinions to their employees.
11. The rules and regulations are important because they inform employees about what is expected from them.
12. Men usually solve problems through logical analysis; the women usually solve them with intuition.
13. Employees must pursue their individual goals only after taking in mind the welfare of the group.
14. Managers should avoid social contact with their employees out of the workplace.
15. The standard operating procedures are useful for employees to exercise their functions.
16. The organizational problem-solving usually requires an energetic and active approach, which is typical of men.
17. Managers should encourage the loyalty of individuals to the group, even if this means the sacrifice of individual objectives.
18. Employees should not disagree with the managers' decisions.
19. The instructions for employees to carry out their work are important.
20. It is preferable that a high-level position is occupied by a man than by a woman.
21. Individuals must put aside their individual goals for the benefit of the group's success.
22. Managers should not delegate important responsibilities on employees.

Exercise adapted from Rego & Cunha (2009)