1. Defining Culture (features)
Shared = Group based
Organized n Systematic
Patterns of ways in which people think, do things
Learned, across time and generations
Gelfand et al., 2007

2. Examples of Culture Adapted “human-made” part of environment
objective & subjective
Ways of surviving
Language
Religion
Discuss movie “outsourced” in terms of these examples
Gelfand et al., 2007

3. What is not culture-I Personality? Gender National culture
Describes individuals, genetic, learned in part
Gender
Genetic
National culture
Multiple cultures can exist in one nation
Include govt. law, education, etc. practices
Some aspect of ‘human-made’ environment – artifacts, religious symbols, are not part of personality
Generating social norms are not personality
Personality can be ‘passed’ on genetically

4. What is not culture--II
Organizational Culture
Socialized through work, not born into
Cultural socialization precedes socialization into organizations
Conditional (based on membership in the org) vs. unconditional
Org culture can be influenced by culture, and also by leader/founders of org
Partial immersion
Shared meaning vs. behavior
Some aspect of ‘human-made’ environment – artifacts, religious symbols, are not part of personality
Generating social norms are not personality
Personality can be ‘passed’ on genetically

5. Review this ideas to apply in class activity
What is Stereotyping
What is In-group Bias
Ethno-centrismvs cultural relativism
Prejudice
What is Convergence vs divergence
What is acculturation vs. biculturation