Strategies for Professional Growth · Quiz 2 · 16 Aug 2026 · May 2026 term

Question 4: A manager from Headquarters travels to an overseas branch…

Question 4

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A manager from Headquarters travels to an overseas branch and insists that the local team adopt HQ's performance appraisal process. When local leaders explain that their region values indirect feedback and collective family welfare, the manager responds: "Our system is objectively the most effective way to evaluate employees, and local practices are inferior." Which cross-cultural barrier is this manager primarily displaying?

A
Parochialism
B
Ethnocentrism
C
Stereotyping
D
Cultural Avoidance

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B
Ethnocentrism

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Question 4 of 15 in the IIT Madras BS Strategies for Professional Growth (SPG) Quiz 2 paper sat on 16 Aug 2026, in the May 2026 term (Strategies For Professional Growth 16 Aug 26). It carries 1 mark.

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