2008年7月16日水曜日

CW Certainty Questionnaire

Your score is 40 on a scale of 0 to 100 = Preference for Tolerance for Ambiguity
Your score indicates that you have a moderate Tolerance for Ambiguity and might be willing to give up job security for more opportunity. In countries/cultures with a Tolerance for Ambiguity, conflict in organizations is perceived as natural, and rules may be broken for pragmatic reasons. If you work in countries/cultures with a Need for Certainty, such as Japan, France, and Greece, you might react by creating a micro-environment that would shield you from the burden of what you might perceive as excessive structures, rules, and regulations. In countries with a high Need for Certainty, loyalty to an employer is seen as an advantage; a specialist career is preferred over a career in management.

The countries you requested are listed below. The numbers in parentheses refer to the country scores as listed by Professor Geert Hofstede in his book Culture's Consequences:
Japan (92) Need for Certainty, a strong preference for an environment that is more structure-oriented, and where rules, roles and management practices are clear and unambiguous
USA (46) Tolerance for Ambiguity, a moderate preference for an entrepreneurial environment which is less bound by rules and regulation.

It says that my tolerance for ambiguous is moderate, but it might be better to work in countries with need a certainty. Therefore, Japan, France, and Greece seem to be good places for me to work. Indeed, the score in parentheses of Japan is high.

I agree with the results. I think I'm used to act under rules, and I think I'm good at keeping rules better than break it for programatic reasons. It means that working in the USA would not be so suitable for me much since it's one of the countries which is less bound by rules and regulation. I would say I'm not so flexible. Therefore, I think the results are right.

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bob さんのコメント...

I think so, too.
I think I'm good at keeping rules better than break it.