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Faculties and Departments => Business Administration => Business & Entrepreneurship => BBA Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Md. Alamgir Hossan on March 04, 2017, 03:29:13 PM

Title: Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI)
Post by: Md. Alamgir Hossan on March 04, 2017, 03:29:13 PM

This dimension describes how well people can cope with anxiety.

In societies that score highly for Uncertainty Avoidance, people attempt to make life as predictable and controllable as possible. If they find that they can't control their own lives, they may be tempted to stop trying. These people may refer to "mañana," or put their fate "in the hands of God."

People in low UAI-scoring countries are more relaxed, open or inclusive.

Bear in mind that avoiding uncertainty is not necessarily the same as avoiding risk. Hofstede argues that you may find people in high-scoring countries who are prepared to engage in risky behavior, precisely because it reduces ambiguities, or in order to avoid failure.

Title: Re: Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI)
Post by: kamruzzaman.bba on March 11, 2017, 12:56:14 PM

Good one.

Indeed, we are doing it.