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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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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Journal of Business Research 60 (2007) 277 – 284 Hofstede ’s dimensions of culture in international marketing studies Ana Maria Soares a‚⁎‚ Minoo Farhangmehr a‚1 ‚ Aviv Shoham b‚2 a School of Economics and Management‚ University of Minho‚ 4710-057‚ Braga‚ Portugal b Graduate School of Management‚ University of Haifa‚ Haifa‚ 31905‚ Israel Received 1 March 2006; received in revised form 1 August 2006; accepted 1 October 2006 Abstract Growth of research addressing the relationship between
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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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Culture is the “the collective programming of the mind distinguish the members of one group or category of people from another” (Hofstede‚ 2011). The definition of culture tend to gives us the ability to understand‚ interact people for other culture that may be drastically different from our own. The 21-century may be known as the century of the “global world”. The growth of interdependence and cooperation among countries‚ and international companies‚ do not claim that the cultural difference is
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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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Paper I would like to discuss‚ reflect on and analyse Hofstede’s cultural patterns. Based on my personal experiences and opinions I believe Hofstede has to some extent attempted to successfully classify different nations and cultures into their predominant dimensions‚ however it is not without its flaw. Of the four dimensions Hofstede has identified‚ I will explain two. The notion of power distance (PD) has proven to be a relatively accurate cultural phenomenon. Having lived
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Cross Cultural Communication A country that was annexed by another country is sure to have exchanged or been impacted culturally and in many other aspects. An excellent example of this could be the British India. India was ruled over by Britishers for almost 350 years. Therefore‚ many traits and systems in India today are derived from the time they were under the British rule. One of the most vivid illustrations of this is the schooling system and English as a medium language for teaching and
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Tutorial Task 1.2: INTERNATIONAL CULTURES (HOFSTEDE) 1. Undertake a general analysis of the differences created by international culture‚ and identify which culture-related factors Elecdyne should consider gathering information on if it is considering an internationalisation strategy Language: different cultures often mean different languages. This consists also of different interpretation of body language‚ jokes and emphasizes which can be interpreted differently
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meta-analysis and especially Dr. Geert Hofstede who has been keeping track of the studies that have utilized his Value Survey Module and graciously shared the list of relevant papers and dissertations from his personal library. Improving Cultural Indices 2 IMPROVING CULTURAL INDICES AND RANKINGS BASED ON A METAANALYSIS OF HOFSTEDE’S TAXONOMY Abstract The meta-analysis offers a refined set of national cultural indices along the dimensions of Hofstede‟s model of culture. The improvements
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