What are the forces that lead to differences in social culture?
Social structure and religion are the main factors that influence social culture. Also languages and education.
- Social structure
Emphasis on the individual → encourages entrepreneurial activity, but also a high mobility between companies which is not too good for them.
Emphasis on the group → encourages strong identification with the group, or firm, but can result in lack of innovation.
Social stratification/class systems → divides people into categories.
Social mobility → how much a person can move around between the classes or groups.
- Religion
Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism → emphasize different things, some capitalistic thoughts, some discourages entrepreneurial activity and others on the group spirit and relationship between people.
- Languages
- Education