In the cultural diversity video we watched in class, a Japanese executive responsible for overseeing marketing strategy in Asia was uncomfortable when her boss, an American manager, asked for her opinion. She later indicated that she doesn't think it is a manager's place to ask employees for their opinions. What cultural challenge does this situation best illustrate?
1) Differing attitudes towards hierarchy
2) Direct versus indirect communication
3) Trouble with accents and fluency
4) Conflicting norms for decision-making
5) Direct versus indirect control
