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# Hall's Personal Space: ARGENTINA= Medium-Low; CHINA= Low; CZECH REPUBLIC= Medium; KOREA= Low; KOREA= Low; PORTUGAL= Medium; RUSSIA= Medium; SWEDEN= High
# Trompenaars' Inner- Vs Outer-Directed: ARGENTINA=36; CHINA=39; CZECH REPUBLIC=59; KOREA=72; KOREA=72; PORTUGAL=71; RUSSIA=49; SWEDEN=21
# Trompenaars' Universalism vs. Particularism: ARGENTINA=70; CHINA=47; CZECH REPUBLIC=83; KOREA=37; KOREA=37; PORTUGAL=56; RUSSIA=44; SWEDEN=92
# Hofstede's Indulgence: ARGENTINA=62; CHINA=24; CZECH REPUBLIC=29; KOREA=29; KOREA=29; PORTUGAL=33; RUSSIA=20; SWEDEN=78
# Hofstede's Masculinity: ARGENTINA=56; CHINA=66; CZECH REPUBLIC=57; KOREA=39; KOREA=39; PORTUGAL=31; RUSSIA=36; SWEDEN=5
# Hofstede's Long Term Orientation (Pragmatism): ARGENTINA=20; CHINA=87; CZECH REPUBLIC=70; KOREA=100; KOREA=100; PORTUGAL=28; RUSSIA=81; SWEDEN=53
# Hofstede's Power Distance: ARGENTINA=49; CHINA=80; CZECH REPUBLIC=57; KOREA=60; KOREA=60; PORTUGAL=63; RUSSIA=93; SWEDEN=31
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Imagine you work in a multinational company that sent you to run the factory expansion in one of your foreign subsidiaries. You quickly notice that people in the subsidiary act differently than people from your own country. For example, you notice that when it came to goal attainment and meeting deadlines, people in the foreign subsidiary would make up excuses, continuously suggest they could not control everything and that the deadlines would be met "God willing". On the other hand, people from your own country would usually own their deadlines and goals, and would be much more likely to leave God's will out of company business. According to the data provided, and assuming the listed variables is all the information you have, there is a much GREATER probability that YOU ARE FROM a country such as ________, than from _______ :
Group of answer choices
SWEDEN; KOREA
CHINA; PORTUGAL
RUSSIA; CZECH REPUBLIC
KOREA; ARGENTINA

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