Power Distance vs. Challenge Authority

Power distance is a term that describes how people belonging to a specific culture view power relationships - superior-subordinate relationships - between people including the degree that people not in power accept that power is spread unequally.

Individuals in cultures demonstrating a high power distance are very deferential to figures of authority and generally accept an unequal distribution of power. This is normally in governments of totalitarian and with a very distinct class system. The example of this would be in a business the manager would be the main person in charge/manager  had all the ideas and choose everything that would happen for the company and no one would ever try to disrespect him or even voice a disagreement. 

 Individuals in cultures demonstrating a low power distance readily question authority and expect to participate in decisions that affect them. This is normally in governments with more democratic procedures. An example of this in a business would be no real manager in charge for example Zappos, where there is no real person in charge everyone is on the same level. 

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