Dimensionalizing Cultures. the Hofstede Model in Context

Unit 2 Theoretical and Methodological Issues Subunit 1 Conceptual Issues in Psychology and Culture 12-1-2011 Article 8 Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context Geert Hofstede Universities of Maastricht and Tilburg, The Netherlands, hofstede@bart.nl Recommended Citation Hofstede, G. (2011). Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, Unit 2. Retrieved from http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc/vol2/iss1/8 This Online Readings in Psychology and Culture Article is brought to you for free and open access (provided uses are educational in nature)by IACCP and ScholarWorks@GVSU. Copyright  © 2011 International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. All Rights Reserved.†¦show more content†¦(pp. 317-18). Many authors in the second half of the twentieth century have speculated about the nature of the basic problems of societies that would present distinct dimensions of culture (for a review see Hofstede, 2001, pp. 29-31). The most common dimension used for ordering societies is their degree of economic evolution or modernity. A one-dimensional ordering of societies from traditional to modern fitted well with the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press, 2011 3 Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, Unit 2, Subunit 1, Chapter 8 belief in progress. Economic evolution is bound to be reflected in people’s collective mental programming, but there is no reason why economic and technological evolution should suppress other cultural variety. There exist dimensions of culture unrelated to economic evolution. U.S. anthropologist Edward T. Hall (1976) divided cultures according to their ways of communicating, into high-context (much of the information is implicit) and low-context cultures (nearly everything is explicit). In practice this distinction overlaps largely with the traditional versus modernShow MoreRelatedHofstedes Culture Dimensions Theory1112 Words   |  5 Pages What if I told you culture has a bigger role in your life than you think? Well according to Gerard Hendrik Hofstede, a Dutch social psychologist, culture is an enormous factor when it comes to analyzing a society’s values and behavior. Hofstede traveled all over the globe and interviewed several employees on their values and with that he developed an immense database that analyzed the ways cultures differ from one another. Hofstede’s culture dimensions theory consists of six dimensions: power distanceRead MoreHofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Us vs. India Essay2489 Words   |  10 Pagessurvey of employee values by IBM in the 1960’s and 1970’s. This theory describes the effects of a society’s culture on the values of that culture’s members and how those values relate to behavior. This is accomplished by using a structure resulting from factor analysis (Hofstede, 2011). This theory has been used as an example for several fields, particularly in cross-cultural psychology (Hofstede, 2011). Geert Hofstede’s original cultural dimensions theory had four dimensions from which cultural valuesRead MoreHrm Issues in the Premium Oil and Gas Case2315 Words   |  10 Pagessharing aspects. In general, one of the most significant platforms for company issues to arise are the culture differences between co-workers. Since internationalisation strategies started being implemented by enterprises on a large scale and the number of multinational companies grew rapidly, also multicultural issues have become the substantial matter to deal with. For POG case, where westernized culture of the headquarter is confronted with eastern way of thinking in Azeri subsidiary (Hercules MeetsRead MoreLessons for Joint Ventures in China4656 Words   |  19 PagesManagement across Cultures Prague College Lessons for Joint Ventures in China. Danone and Wahaha Case Study. 2 Contents 1. 2. 3. Objectives and scope. ........................................................................................................................... 3 Joint Venture: definition and relational factors.................................................................................... 4 Comparison of French Chinese cultural models. Hofstede’s model ...............Read MoreRoles Of Cross Culture Management4180 Words   |  17 PagesRole of cross culture management in acquisition 6 Chapter 3: Methodology 8 3.1 Introduction 8 3.2 Research philosophy 9 3.3 Research approach 9 3.4 Research strategy 9 3.5 Sampling and sampling techniques 11 3.6 Data collection techniques 11 3.7 Data analysis 12 3.8 Ethical considerations 12 List of figures Figure 1: A case of more brands less revenue 7 Figure 2: Managing cross culture through approaches to cross cultural trainings. 8 Question: The role of cross culture management in