What term describes organizations convinced their culture/religion/food/business skills are superior to all others?

• A. Ethnocentric societies/organizations
• B. Polycentric societies/organizations
• C. Geocentric societies/organizations
• D. Regiocentric societies/organizations

Answer: (A)

Ethnocentric orientation describes organizations convinced their culture, religion, food, and business skills are superior to all others. In this approach, the home country’s methods and standards are applied across all subsidiaries, often with expatriates from the home country filling key leadership roles. The belief driving this is that other cultures or markets cannot match the home country’s practices.

This contrasts with polycentric organizations, which view each host country as unique and rely on local managers to run operations; there’s no assumption of superiority of the home culture. Geocentric organizations seek the best people worldwide regardless of nationality, aiming for a truly global leadership team. Regiocentric organizations structure operations by region and align practices within that region rather than globally or locally.

So the description of believing one's own culture and skills are superior aligns with ethnocentric orientation.