Assertion (A) : ‘Uncertainty Avoidance’ is one of the dimensions of cultural differences, as identified by Geert Hofstede. Reasoning (R) : ‘Uncertainty Avoidance’ is the extent to which people feel threatened by ambiguous situations. To avoid such situations, organisations provide greater career stability, make more formal rules and reject deviant behaviours. Codes :
Both (A) and (R) are right and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Assertion (A) is right. Geert Hofstede's study of IBM employees in over 50 countries identified dimensions of national culture: power distance, individualism versus collectivism, masculinity versus femininity and uncertainty avoidance; long-term orientation and indulgence versus restraint were added later.
Reason (R) is right. Uncertainty avoidance is the extent to which members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous or unknown situations. High uncertainty avoidance societies respond by offering greater career stability, establishing more formal rules, and rejecting deviant ideas and behaviour, which is exactly the description given.
R explains A: by stating what uncertainty avoidance measures and how organisations in such cultures behave, it shows why Hofstede treats it as a distinct dimension on which cultures differ.
Hence, Both (A) and (R) are right and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
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