Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions | China and the comparison to Germany | | | | Dennis Keidat | 01.04.2013 | | Gerard Hendrik Hofstede (born October 2, 1928 in Haarlem) is a Dutch expert in cultural studies [GHW]. Hofstede (1980) surveyed 88,000 IBM employees working in 66 countries and then ranked the countries on different cultural dimensions. His research resulted in four dimensions (power distance; individualism versus collectivism; uncertainty avoidance; and masculinity and femininity)
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The Effects of Culture on International Banking Disclosures George Hooia* aGriffith University, Australia Abstract This paper investigates the influence of national culture on banking disclosures. Seventeen developed and developing countries with a representative sample of 37 listed domestic commercial banks were examined in 2004. Long-term orientation is found to be a non-significant cultural value with banking disclosures. The explanatory power for banking disclosures is found to be similar
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regarding the four cultural dimensions developed by Geert Hofstede. This study tests the proposition that Romanian students are collectivism and femininity-oriented, belong to a high power distance culture and try to avoid uncertainty, dimensions that hinder the entrepreneurial spirit development. © 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Uzunboylu 12 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Keywords: cultural dimensions, universities, entrepreneurial
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Although she is from a country with different culture from Korea, Ellen is a high quality professional with international experience. She had put a lot of effort to adapt to Korea culture and know how to do business at that country. She took every free time to learn and be familiarized with the local language, business etiquette, mannerism and culture in order to have a better environment to work at. Therefore, even coming from a very different culture, Ellen made a big effort to behave as close as
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Impact of Culture in International Human Resource Management Martin Human Resource Management relates to the processes involved in managing people in international enterprises (Helfrich, et al., 2008). Although the literature has identified several criteria to classify the degree or intensity of an enterprise´s multi- or transnationality for this short abstract a multinational enterprise can be defined as “an enterprise which conducts it activities, control production or service facilities
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economic differences affect international business opportunities. Although these factors are vital in understanding the foreign environment, it is not as broad as culture. Culture is a factor that includes several aspects that range from different dimensions which on a broad level includes linguistic, regional, religious and ethnic dimensions (Reference for Business’s website, 2014). Fundamentally for an international firm to endure success in emerging markets it is relevantly important to have full
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Evidences from theory In recent decades, management practitioners and theorists are increasing interest in organizational culture as a category, which determines the effectiveness of the organization. This sort of "molecular level" of the latter, on the one hand, gives it a unique, on the other - allowing it to adapt to the environment, and employees - to the existence within it, but at the same time inspiring them to solve common problems. It is this circumstance had in mind a Swedish scientist
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The Influence of the Culture dimension ‘Power Distance’ on product choice: A Cross Cultural Exploration of Effects of Country of Origin on the Choice of Branded Products by Adriana Cordeiro Socha A Thesis presented to The University of Guelph In partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Marketing and Consumer Studies Guelph, Ontario, Canada © Adriana Cordeiro Socha, September, 2012 ABSTRACT THE INFLUENCE OF THE CULTURE DIMENSION ‘POWER DISTANCE’ ON PRODUCT
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University of Gävle Department of Business Administration Course: Comparative Management Culture Names: Group 1- Islam Ariful, Melinda Folmerz, Kamrul Hasan, Thomaidou Alexia Examiner: Dr. Maria Fregidou-Malama Paper type: Assignment 3: Article Analysis Semester: Autumn 2014 (HT14) Group 1 INTRODUCTION The article that we choose
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Topic: Analyze a culture-specific case study in which a coffee brand (of your choice) in the US, Europe, or Asia has been successfully built. Coffee is big business. The world’s love for coffee has formed some of the most popular globe’s food and drink businesses . Starbucks is one of the most famous chain of coffee shops in the world, mainly making bussiness in selling special coffee beans and other various kinds of coffee or tea beverage. Through out several decades
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