Nicole Bixler Kristen Molloy
4/2/17 New Zealand (Māori)
Conversation Partner Assignment
Power distance is described in our book as the degree to which the culture believes that
institutional and organizational power should be distributed unequally and the decisions of the
power holders should be challenge or accepted (p. 106). To put this in simple terms, it’s the way
in which the distribution of unequal power is accepted by the less powerful. While reading a
study regarding power distance in New Zealand, it stated that this certain study focused on what
would be considered most prominent factor in ethical decisions – power distance. This study was
able to show us in certain scenarios such as why New Zealanders chose to talk to the boss about
