Question

The Mexican culture has a tendency to accept large power distances. That is, in general, Mexicans believe that everyone has their place in an order of ______________.
A. Bosses and subordinates each view the other as different types of people.
B. Subordinates believe that their bosses are and should be inaccessible and that bosses have certain privileges by innate right.
C. Because most Mexican workers will extend the same power distance relationships to executives from the United States, you might find this gulf between worker and management difficult to accept.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A) Bosses and subordinates each view the other as different types of people.

The Mexican culture has a tendency to accept large power distances. That is, in general, Mexicans believe that everyone has their place in an order of bosses and subordinates each view the other as different types of people.

Mexican workers have a peculiar way of thinking regarding the workplace and the bosses. Unfortunately for most Mexicans, they want to feel secure in a workplace with a salary and the certainty that their work is safe and they are going to keep it forever. And that is not the case anymore.

Mexican workers are not entrepreneurs who like to go and try something different, who wants to grow through meet different challenges in the workplace and having risks to overcome difficulties and aspire to new and better work positions.

They see their bosses so far away in the organizational hierarchy and do not have an interest -both, bosses and workers- to meet in the middle to try to establish a better relationship that helps the company to be more productive and the workers to grow and prosper.