extent to which people accept differences among themselves (Michael A. Hitt‚ 2012). Power distance describes the inequality that exists among people‚ societies‚ businesses‚ countries‚ coworkers‚ and so many more. There are two levels: high and low (Hofstede ’s Cultural Dimensions). People who have a high power distance have an unequal distribution of power and understand ‘their place’. A high power distance characterizes people who are associated with centralized organizations‚ strong hierarchies
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between China and its culturally different Western partners continues to increase at an unprecedented无前例的 rate. This paper presents an understanding on the general cultural differences between America and China by applying the cultural dimensions of Hofstede and Bond. It also discusses the impact of these cultural differences on their management practice from five aspects: cooperative strategies‚ conflict management‚ decision-making‚ work-group characteristics‚ and motivation systems. Key words: national
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Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions National cultures can be described according to the analysis of Geert Hofstede. These ideas were first based on a large research project into national culture differences across subsidiaries of a multinational corporation (IBM) in 64 countries. Subsequent studies by others covered students in 23 countries‚ elites in 19 countries‚ commercial airline pilots in 23 countries‚ up-market consumers in 15 countries‚ and civil service managers in 14 countries. Together
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Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory is a framework for cross-cultural communication. Hofstede developed his original model as a result of using factor analysis to examine the results of a world-wide survey of employee values by IBM in the 1960s and 1970s. The theory was one of the first that could be quantified‚ and could be used to explain observed differences between cultures. The original theory proposed four dimensions along which cultural values could be analyzed: individualism-collectivism;
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Management‚ 1st Ed‚ Prentice Hall‚ 20-46 2 3. Inglehart‚ R. (2005)‚ Chairman of the World Values Survey (Inglehart‚ 2005) 4 5. Minkov‚ M. (2011). Cultural Differences in a Globalizing World (1st Ed‚ xviii intro)‚ Emerald 6 7. Minkov‚ M.‚ & Hofstede‚ G. (2012a). Hofstede’s fifth dimensions: New evidence from the World Values Survey‚ Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology‚ 43(1)‚ 3-14 8 9. Smith‚ P.B.‚ Trompenaars‚ F. & Dugan‚ S. (1995). International Journal of Psychology‚ The Rotter locus
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Evaluation of culture background of Germany‚ Japan‚ and Ireland through Hofstede Cultural Dimension As professor Geert Hofstede put‚ "Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." Therefore‚ understanding different cultures in different countries is a significant issue for multinational enterprises‚ especially for the inevitable trend of globalization. As our project aims at analyzing the international expansion of
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shopping habits prior to the recession in these countries. Our findings indicate that extent of cultural differences founded in television commercials for each country is strongly related to the index values of Hofstede ’s five cultural dimensions respectively. Keywords: cultural differences‚ Hofstede‚ TV advertising‚ USA‚ Austria‚ Serbia JEL Classification: M31 1. INTRODUCTION Last decade of the 20st century brought one of the major developments in the business world – market globalization. Domestic
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How should you alter your management style based on Hofstede ’s four value dimensions? Illustrate and reinforce your answer with any value dimensions referred to and with practical examples. To understand the management in countries such as China‚ Korea‚ Japan‚ etc.‚ one must have a clear understanding and knowledge of the country’s entire cultural group. Signs create meaning for each member of a cultural group therefore no culture can exist without signs. Whether in the form of language‚
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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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Bibliography: Hofstede‚ G. (2001). Culture’s Consequences. Comparing Values‚ Behaviors‚ Institutions and Organizations. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Kauffeld‚ S. (2011). Arbeits‚- Organisations- und Personalpsychologie für Bachelor. Heidelberg: SpringerMedizin. Prechtl‚ E. (2009)
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