Awareness Exercises: What to Feel/Do

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

5 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Hofstede, G. J., Pedersen, P.B., & Hofstede, G. (2002). Worlds apart in one village. In Exploring culture: Exercises, stories and synthetic cultures (pp. 3-27). Boston, MA: Intercultural Press.  

The activities are on pages 12-20 and suggested answers on pages 73-82.

Tags:

  1. acceptance
  2. collectivism
  3. cultural simulation
  4. evaluation
  5. Hofstede
  6. individualism
  7. intercultural interventions
  8. openness
  9. other awareness
  10. perspective taking
  11. power distance
  12. self-awareness
  13. value dimensions
  14. worldview frameworks

The book is available by searching online.

Time for the activity will depend on how many scenarios are used. We approximate about 5-10 minutes per scenario.