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The Colony [1995]
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Heto Na, Guys, Ang Artikulo Sa Geert Hofstede’s 5 Dimensions of National Culture
\ \\ ... The word culture is used frequently in organizational behavior. Culture is the learned and shared way of thinking and acting among a group of people or society. Cultures vary in their underlying patterns of values and attitudes. The way people think about such matters as achievement, wealth and material gain and risk and change may influence how they approach work and their influence with organization. A framework offered by Hofstede offers one such approach for understanding how values differences across national cultures can influence human behavior at work. The values that distinguished countries from each other could be grouped statistically into four clusters. These four groups became the Hofstede dimensions of national culture: Power Distance (PDI) Individualism versus Collectivism (IDV) Masculinity versus Femininity (MAS) Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI) Long-Term Orientation (LTO) A fifth Dimension was added in 1991 based on research by Michael Bond who conducted an ad...
Hey, Guys, Who Is Geert Hofstede? What Is His Contribution To Social Psychology?
\ \\ ... Geert Hofstede Geert Hofstede (1928-) is a Dutch academic who also worked in industry. He has become known for pioneering research on national and organisational cultures. Hofstede originally identified four dimensions for defining work-related values associated with national culture: power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity. A fifth dimension, long term orientation and a sixth dimension, indulgence versus restraint were added later. He devised the Values Survey Module for use in researching cultural differences, and this has been used by many other researchers in their work. The management of cultural diversity has become a significant issue for companies of all sizes, not just multinationals. The rise of global business, with an increasing number of joint ventures and cross-border partnerships, greater cooperation within the European Union, and the business need to embrace people from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and cultures, have all contri...