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Strategies for Professional Growth · Quiz 2 · 23 Nov 2025 · September 2025 term

Question 18: Which statement best defines ethnocentrism in cross-cult…

Question 18

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Which statement best defines ethnocentrism in cross-cultural management?

  1. A

    A management strategy that prioritizes adapting to local customs and traditions

  2. B

    A belief that one’s own culture is superior, leading to judging other cultures by one’s own standards

  3. C

    A management approach that standardizes practices across all cultural contexts based on one’s own cultural standards

  4. D

    An attitude of cultural relativism, treating all cultures as equally valid and worthy of respect

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  • B

    A belief that one’s own culture is superior, leading to judging other cultures by one’s own standards

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Question 18 of 18 in the IIT Madras BS Strategies for Professional Growth (SPG) Quiz 2 paper sat on 23 Nov 2025, in the September 2025 term (IIT M IMPROVEMENT AN EXAM QIA2 23 Nov 2025). It carries 1 mark.

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