Brief Theory Review There four dimensions are include in the Hofstede ’s studies (Hill‚ 2003). Power distance In one country‚ high power distance cultures could let inequalities grow over time into inequalities of power and wealth. By contrast‚ lower power distance tried to play down such inequalities in society as much as possible. The individualism versus collectivism It focuses on the degree the society reinforces individual or collective‚ achievement and interpersonal relationships. In the
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are not your own - identify and concentrate on significant differences between the two cultures which arise from the theories. Make your choice of theorists from: Geert Hofstede; Nancy Adler; Edgar Schein; Fons Trompenaars; Edward Hall; House et al; Marie-Joëlle Browaeys and Roger Price. Choice of theorists: 1 Geert Hofstede 2 Fons Trompenaars Choice of cultures: 1 United States 2 India My culture: Spain Introduction The business world is affected by globalization. For this
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willingness that societies accept the hierarchical power structure (Morrison 2006). Individualism means individuals detect themselves as autonomous (Morrison‚ 2006); contrary‚ collectivism represents that individuals remain integrated into groups (Hofstede and Hofstede 2005). The third dimension is masculinity-femininity‚ which demonstrates clearly distributed and overlapped gender-roles separately (Migliore 2011). Uncertainty avoidance measures how the members of a culture cope with uncertainties in daily
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Critical Review of Brendan McSweeney‚ 2009‚ “Dynamic diversity: variety and variation within countries” Introduction Hofstede developed National cultures model (hereafter ‘the model’) to unable one to understand the National culture of any country‚ which he assumed enduring‚ pervasive and constitutive. Using the Hofstede’s (1990‚ 2001) and Hofstede and Hofstede (2005) ‘the model’‚ McSweeney (2009) argued its incapability to explain the diversity within the countries. This research was aimed
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will now use the five dimensions developed by Hofstede in order to assess its national culture. Power Distance The power distance value of Japan as calculated by Hofstede (2001) is 54‚ which is comparatively towards the higher end of the scale thus making the national culture of Japan supporting centralization and hierarchical structure In their organizations. (Hofstede‚ 2001‚ p. 87) Uncertainty Avoidance Based on the values determined by Hofstede (2001)‚ the UAI index value of Japan is 92 which
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V S M 2013 VALUES SURVEY MODULE 2013 MANUAL by Geert Hofstede and Michael Minkov NOT TO BE COPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PARTS WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER Release May 2013 Copyright @ Geert Hofstede BV rights@geerthofstede.nl ; www.geerthofstede.eu Contents Page 1. Purpose of the VSM 2013: comparing national samples 2 2. The VSM 2013 is not for comparing individuals 3 3. The VSM 2013 is not for
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