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Hofstedes Cultural Dimensions

Individualism-collectivism

Masculinity-femininity
Power distance
Uncertainty avoidance

Hofstedes Cultural Dimensions


(contd)
Work-related value dimensions

Most influential effort to group by cultural


values
Surveyed over 116,000 employees in
more than 70 countries
Created maps of pairs of dimensions

Individualism-Collectivism
Self-perception as individual or part of a
group
Most widely studied

Most complex
Dimensions different across cultures
i.e., Asian vs Latin American collectivism

Individualism-Collectivism
(contd)
Individualism

Collectivism

High value on
autonomy

High value on group


Family, clan,
organization

Individual
achievement

Loyalty

Privacy

Devotion
Conformity

Masculinity-Femininity
Describes Importance of
Achievement versus
Relationships
Success

Equality of genders

Assertive acquisition
of money/power

Caring for
disadvantaged

achievement

harmony

Power Distance
Acceptance of differences in
power

High-Power Distance

Low-Power Distance

Accept position

Avoid concentration of
authority

Follow authority
Concentrated &
centralized authority
Hierarchical

Decentralized

Fewer layers of
management

Uncertainty Avoidance
Reaction to ambiguous events
Low Uncertainty
Avoidance

High Uncertainty
Avoidance

Embrace
unpredictable

Threatened by
ambiguity

Less adherence to
rules, procedures, or
hierarchies

Need stable &


predictable workplace

Risk taking desirable

Reliance on rules

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