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Culture's consequences : comparing values, behaviors, institutions, and organizations across nations / Geert Hofstede

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2001Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 596 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780803973244
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • GN502 .H628
Contents:
Values and Culture — Data Collection, Treatment and Validation — Power Distance — Uncertainty Avoidance — Individualism and Collectivism Masculinity and Femininity — Long versus Short-Term Orientation — Cultures in Organizations — Intercultural Encounters — Using Culture — Dimension Scores in Theory and Research.
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  • B1S1 Organizational Behavior and Intercultural Management
Summary: The Second Edition of this classic work, first published in 1981 and an international bestseller, explores the differences in thinking and social action that exist among members of more than 50 modern nations. Geert Hofstede argues that people carry "mental programs" which are developed in the family in early childhood and reinforced in schools and organizations, and that these programs contain components of national culture. They are expressed most clearly in the different values that predominate among people from different countries. Geert Hofstede has completely rewritten, revised and updated Cultures Consequences for the twenty-first century, he has broadened the book's cross-disciplinary appeal, expanded the coverage of countries examined from 40 to more than 50, reformulated his arguments and a large amount of new literature has been included. The book is structured around five major dimensions: power distance; uncertainty avoidance; individualism versus collectivism; masculinity versus femininity; and long term versus short-term orientation. --Publisher

Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-568) and indexes

Values and Culture — Data Collection, Treatment and Validation — Power Distance — Uncertainty Avoidance — Individualism and Collectivism Masculinity and Femininity — Long versus Short-Term Orientation — Cultures in Organizations — Intercultural Encounters — Using Culture — Dimension Scores in Theory and Research.

The Second Edition of this classic work, first published in 1981 and an international bestseller, explores the differences in thinking and social action that exist among members of more than 50 modern nations. Geert Hofstede argues that people carry "mental programs" which are developed in the family in early childhood and reinforced in schools and organizations, and that these programs contain components of national culture. They are expressed most clearly in the different values that predominate among people from different countries. Geert Hofstede has completely rewritten, revised and updated Cultures Consequences for the twenty-first century, he has broadened the book's cross-disciplinary appeal, expanded the coverage of countries examined from 40 to more than 50, reformulated his arguments and a large amount of new literature has been included. The book is structured around five major dimensions: power distance; uncertainty avoidance; individualism versus collectivism; masculinity versus femininity; and long term versus short-term orientation. --Publisher

B1S1 Organizational Behavior and Intercultural Management

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