Second Question: At your job does your supervisor consider everyone's feedback and promote open brainstorming or is there the expectation that there is only one best way to do a job and the supervisor knows it, so don't question him?
This second question will also say much about how Low or High Power Distance Index influences the working relationships within the companies in the region. The greater the level of egalitarian and collaborative approaches to sharing responsibility for solutions with subordinates the lower the Power Distance. Conversely if there is a definite attitude of the manager or supervisor being the only one capable of defining an acceptable solution, the company and the culture it is within is most likely High Power Distance. This also holds true for how the national government is also run as well. If there is much input sought from local government authorities about how to improve the local, regional, state or national government, there is low power distance. Conversely nations with exceptionally high Power Distance are dictatorial in how even the smallest processes and tasks will be completed. This is noticeable in the turnover rates in the more manually-oriented industries including production where job enrichment and job enhancement have been used to make...
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