Chapter Questions
What is the role of rules of social interaction?
Why are the rules of social interaction determined by culture?
Identify five rules of social interaction, which are universal in all cultures, and five that are different.
Identify universal rules of behaviour that should be followed by tourists and hosts in their social interaction.
Why do people break rules of social behaviour? Why do tourists break social rules when on a vacation in different countries?
Identify cultural differences in rules of social behaviour that are related to Hofstede's (1980) four cultural dimensions, i.e., individualism and collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity and femininity.