1. Language:
- Betas will use the following words with
a positive meaning: structure, duty, truth, law, order, certain,
clear, clean, secure, safe, predictable, and tight.
- Betas will use the following words with
a negative meaning: maybe, creative conflict, tolerant, experiment,
spontaneous, relativity, insight, unstructured, loose, and flexible.
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2. The Cultural Grid:
Behavior
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Expectation |
| Detailed responses, formal
and unambiguous, specific |
Friendly |
| Generalized,
ambiguous responses and anxious to end the interview. |
Unfriendly |
| Polarized structures in
response separate right from wrong unambiguously. |
Trust |
| Openly critical and challenging
the other person's credentials. |
Distrust |
| Verbal and active questioning
with direct eye contact, task oriented. |
Interest |
| Passive and quiet with
no direct eye contact. |
Boredom |
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3. Barriers:
- Language: Betas are very verbal
and well organized, somewhat loud.
- Nonverbal: Betas are animated
in using hands but with little or no physical contact.
- Stereotypes: Betas have rigid
beliefs that don't change easily.
- Evaluation: Betas quickly evaluate
a situation to establish right and wrong, sometimes prematurely.
- Stress: Betas externalize stress
and usually make the other person feel the stress rather than him
or herself.
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4.Gender Roles:
- Role of gender: The right and appropriate roles of men and women
are rigidly defined without ambiguity. The dress, behavior and functions
of men and women are defined by rules, traditions and carefully guarded
boundaries.
- Role of women: Women tend to be in charge of home, family, children
and religious or traditional spiritual rituals as guardians of society
through the romantic and idealized role of who the woman should be.
Society can be very unforgiving to women who rebel or violate those
rules, although elderly women may take on traditional power roles
otherwise reserved for males.
- Role of men: Men are expected to take care of the woman and protect
the home and family by providing for material need and demonstrating
strength in their public posture. Men are expected to be more visible
in their public posture. Men are expected to be more visible in their
public roles than women and women-- especially younger women-- might
have difficulty sharing power with men in public or work roles.
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