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Use the following data to answer the next question:
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# Hofstede's Individualism: ALBANIA=20; EGYPT=25; ICELAND=60; PAKISTAN=14; PORTUGAL=27; SAUDI ARABIA=25; SLOVENIA=27; SWEDEN=71
# Hofstede's Indulgence: ALBANIA=15; EGYPT=4; ICELAND=67; PAKISTAN=0; PORTUGAL=33; SAUDI ARABIA=52; SLOVENIA=48; SWEDEN=78
# Hofstede's Masculinity: ALBANIA=80; EGYPT=45; ICELAND=10; PAKISTAN=50; PORTUGAL=31; SAUDI ARABIA=60; SLOVENIA=19; SWEDEN=5
# Hofstede's Power Distance: ALBANIA=90; EGYPT=70; ICELAND=30; PAKISTAN=55; PORTUGAL=63; SAUDI ARABIA=95; SLOVENIA=71; SWEDEN=31
# Hofstede's Pragmatism (Long Term Orientation):
ALBANIA=61; EGYPT=7; ICELAND=28; PAKISTAN=50; PORTUGAL=28; SAUDI ARABIA=36; SLOVENIA=49; SWEDEN=53
# Hofstede's Uncertainty Avoidance: ALBANIA=70; EGYPT=80; ICELAND=50; PAKISTAN=70; PORTUGAL=99; SAUDI ARABIA=80; SLOVENIA=88; SWEDEN=29
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You were sent by the multinational enterprise (MNE) that you work for to a foreign subsidiary for a short term assignment. You quickly notice that in the country you were sent to people are greatly rational and non-caring in their daily interactions, including between superiors and subordinates. It is quite the opposite of your own country's typical relationship and behavior between leaders and subordinates, because in your country more people would expect individuals to be more sensitive and nurturing with each other, and being overly rational and neutral is more frequently frown upon. According to the data provided, and assuming the listed variables is all the information you have, there is a much GREATER probability that YOU WERE SENT TO a country such as ________, than to _______ :
Group of answer choices
SWEDEN; ALBANIA
SLOVENIA; PAKISTAN
ICELAND; EGYPT
SAUDI ARABIA; PORTUGAL

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