“…High power distance cultures such as Russia, India, and China have a high degree of respect for authority and accept status differences as a cultural norm, whereas low power distance cultures such as Australia, Israel, and Canada have a lower degree of respect for authority and do not accept status differences as a cultural norm (Hofstede, 1980;Triandis, 2000). Previous literature has primarily investigated the concept of power distance in offline environments where there is a face-to-face interaction in order to demonstrate status inequalities and the associated respect (or lack thereof) for authority among the individuals involved in the interaction (Kappos & Rivard, 2008;Leidner & Kayworth, 2006). However, researchers have also demonstrated that the idea of power distance is an important factor (albeit less pronounced) in determining online patterns of social interactions where individuals virtually interact in manners consistent with their power distant cultures (Ardichvili et al, 2006;Jackson & Wang, 2013;Zhang, 2013).…”