Explain the difference in the ways high-power-distance cultures and low-power-distance cultures view power

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. In high-power-distance cultures, people are taught to have great respect for authority; people in these cultures see authority as desirable and beneficial and generally do not welcome challenges to authority.
2. In low-power-distance cultures, there is a certain distrust of authority; it is seen as a kind of necessary evil that should be limited as much as possible.

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