Gerard Hendrik Hofstede (born October 2‚ 1928 in Haarlem) is a Dutch expert in cultural studies [GHW]. Hofstede (1980) surveyed 88‚000 IBM employees working in 66 countries and then ranked the countries on different cultural dimensions. His research resulted in four dimensions (power distance; individualism versus collectivism; uncertainty avoidance; and masculinity and femininity). In the beginning‚ China was not included in this study but later Bond and Hofstede looked at Chinese values. From this
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Hofstede’s Five Aspects of Culture Hofstede ’s cultural factors Explanations > Culture > Hofstede ’s cultural factors Power | Self | Gender | Predictability | Time | So what? Geert Hofstede‚ a Dutch cultural anthropologist‚ analyzed cultures along five dimensions. He rated 58 countries on each dimension on a scale from 1 to 100. Power Hofstede named this Power Distance (PD or PDI). It is the extent to which less powerful members expect and accept unequal power distribution.
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though there is no available data for the future‚ one can study current major findings of reputable academic sources within the cross-cultural field. To better understand the cross-cultural field‚ one must first define culture as a term. Geert Hofstede defined culture as “the collective programming of the human mind that distinguishes the members of one human group from those of another. Culture in this sense is a system of collectively held values.” Gesteland and Gesteland (2010) made a more relevant
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1108/02756660710746256 Hall‚ E Hofstede‚ G. (1984). Culture’s consequences: international differences in work-related values. Newbury Park‚ CA: Sage Publications. Hofstede‚ G. (1991). Cultures and organizations – software of the mind. New York‚ NY: Mcgraw-Hill. Hofstede‚ G. (2001). Cultures Consequences: Comparing Values‚ Behaviours‚ Institutions & Organizations Across Nations. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. Hofstede‚ G. (2014). China. Retrieved from http://geert-hofstede.com/china.html Hofstede‚ G Hofstede‚ G. (2014). United
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Explain Hall’s low and high context cultures and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and discuss the relevance such theories have in developing appropriate business relations with other cultures. Your answer should also evaluate criticisms encountered by their respective cultural frameworks. Justify your answer with specific business related examples. This essay will be discussing‚ Halls theory of High and low cultural context and Hofsted’s cultural dimensions will also be discussed‚ along with their
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Impact of Culture on the Ethical reasoning of an Individual Abstract The purpose of this paper is to identify‚ relate and assess the impact of culture on the ethical reasoning of an individual. This report reviews current literature on this topic and identifies the various factors involved in the same. Established theories on ethics and moral development are reviewed and a culture-based model of ethical decision making is derived. Prepositions concerning the influence of various cultural dimensions
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[Accessed 3 July 2013]. Cameron‚ Kim S. Quinn‚ Robert E.‚ (2005). Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture. [Online]. Wiley. Available from: [Accessed 10 July 2013]. Hofstede G‚ Hofstede G.J. and Minkov M. (2010). Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. Revised and Expanded 3rd Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. Hofstede G. (2001). Culture’s Consequences: Comparing Values‚ Behaviors‚ Institutions‚ and Organizations Across Nations. Second Edition‚ Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications. Seymour
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company. Hofstede‚ G. (1984). Culture ’s Consequences – International Differences in Work-Related Values. Newbury Park: Sage Publications Inc. Hofstede‚ G. (n.a.). ’Cultural Dimensions Japan ’ [online]. Available at: http://www.geert-hofstede.com/hofstede_japan.shtml [Accessed 7 May 2009]. Hofstede‚ G. (n.a.). ’Cultural Dimensions Sweden ’ [online]. Available at: http://www.geert-hofstede.com/hofstede_sweden.shtml [Accessed 7 May 2009]. Hofstede‚ G. (1991). Cultures and organizations
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Long-term Australian concerns include pollution‚ particularly depletion of the ozone layer‚ and management and conservation of coastal areas‚ especially the Great Barrier Reef. A referendum to change Australia’s status‚ from a commonwealth headed by the British monarch to a republic‚ was defeated in 1999. Australia Fun Fact Australia is a very friendly and open culture. However‚ "G’day"(g=Good day) the informal "hello" is overused by tourists. The Australians expect one’s work to speak for itself‚ so
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particular things different from one human group to another and therefore culture separates groups of people (Geert Hofstede). This applies to all kind of groups‚ such as national‚ but also organizational. In this assignment I will investigate to what extent the results of my personal cultural profile match the profile of my domestic culture (Dutch) using the 5 dimensions model (Hofstede‚ Hofstede and Minkov‚ 2010). Next to that I will discuss if the results of my cultural profile present me well‚ according
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