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A manager from a highly individualist culture takes over a team in a strongly collectivist culture. Which approach is most consistent with Hofstede's analysis of the likely difference?

The manager should reward collective team performance and recognise group loyalty. In collectivist cultures, people value group harmony and shared success, so purely individual incentives, which suit individualist cultures, may undermine cohesion and be less motivating.

1. AReward the team's collective performance and recognise group loyalty rather than relying only on individual incentivesCorrect
2. BIntroduce individual performance bonuses as the sole reward since personal achievement motivates everyone equally
3. CReduce all communication to written formats to remove personal relationships from work
4. DRemove all hierarchy to reflect low power distance in every society