Given country scores on Hofstede's five dimensions, what do you expect would be the problems encountered by a typical boss from country X in managing a typical employee from country Y (even at the risk of some stereotyping and sweeping generalizations)?

(a) An American boss managing Japanese subordinates.

(b) A Japanese boss managing French subordinates.

(c) A French boss managing Swedish subordinates.

(d) A Swedish boss managing Japanese subordinates.

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