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Power Distance
Power Distance
The extent to which the less powerful members of a country's institutions and
organizations assume and accept that power is allocated unequally is referred to as
power distance.
India has a power distance of 77, compared to 59 for the rest of the world; this indicates
a significant gap or inequality between the powerful and the less powerful in Indian
society, favoring hierarchies and bureaucracies.
Having 1.23 billion people, India is the world's second-most populous country, with a
diverse range of languages, faiths, and civilizations within its borders.
India's power distance score is so much higher than the world's average can be
explained by the country's prevalent hierarchical mindset, which permeates the region's
underlying cultural and religious divides.
To encapsulate the Indian attitude, one can use the following words and phrases:
"dependent on the boss or the power holder for direction," accepting unequal rights
between those in power and those who are lesser down in the pecking order a
paternalistic leader.