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What are Hofstede's dimensions?

His dimensions have been frequently used to describe cultures. Hofstede identified four dimensions that he labeled individualism, masculinity, power distance, and uncertainty avoidance. His individualism-collectivism dimen- sion describes cultures from loosely structured to tightly integrated.

Who was Geert Hofstede?

n 1980, the Dutch management researcher Geert Hofstede first published the results of his study of more than 100,000 employees of the multinational IBM in 40 countries (Hofstede, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1997, 2001). Hofstede was attempting to locate value dimensions across which cultures vary.

Are Hofstede country scores obsolete?

Critics argue that Hofstede country scores based on IBM subsidiaries around 1970 are obsolete. But studies correlating the old country scores with related variables available on a year-by-year basis in many cases find no weakening of the correlations.

What facets of Hofstede's individualism/collectivism are useful?

The largest number of GLOBE’s mutually correlated dimensions can be considered useful as facets of Hofstede’s Individualism/Collectivism; some have enriched insights into Hofstede’s Power Distance dimension, and GLOBE’s Assertiveness “should be” provides some new elements.