TY - BOOK AU - Hofstede, Geert AU - Hofstede, Gert Jan AU - Minkov, Michael TI - Cultures and organizations: : software of the mind : intercultural cooperation and its importance for survival SN - 9780071664189 PB - New York : McGraw-Hill, 2010. KW - Intercultural communication KW - Organization KW - Research KW - International cooperation KW - National characteristics KW - Ethnopsychology KW - Cultural pluralism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; pt. l. The concept of culture. The rules of the social game -- Studying cultural differences -- pt. ll. Dimensions of national cultures. More equal than others -- I, we, and they -- He, she, and (s)he -- What is different is dangerous -- Yesterday, now or later? -- Light or dark? -- pt. lll. Cultures in organizations. Pyramids, machines, markets, and families: organizing across nations -- The elephant and the stork: organizational cultures -- pt. lV. Implications. Intercultural encounters -- The evolution of cultures; B1S1 Organizational Behavior and Intercultural Management N2 - Based on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span, Cultures and Organizations examines what drives people apart'when cooperation is so clearly in everyone's interest. With major new contributions from Michael Minkov's analysis of data from the World Values Survey, as well as an account of the evolution of cultures by Gert Jan Hofstede, this revised and expanded edition: Reveals the 'moral circles' from which national societies are built and the unexamined rules by which people think, feel, and act Explores how national cultures differ in the areas of inequality, assertiveness versus modesty, and tolerance for ambiguity Explains how organizational cultures differ from national cultures'and how they can be managed Analyzes stereotyping, differences in language, cultural roots of the 2008 economic crisis, and other intercultural dynamics UR - https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=c397e532-5b11-358a-8ba5-76eea9254f5b ER -