Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related ValuesIn his bestselling book Culture's Consequences, Geert Hofstede proposed four dimensions on which the differences among national cultures can be understood: Individualism, Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Masculinity. This volume comprises the first in-depth discussion of the masculinity dimension and how it can help us to understand differences among cultures. The book begins with a general explanation of the masculinity dimension, and discusses how it illuminates broad features of different cultures. The following parts apply the dimension more specifically to gender (and gender identity), sexuality (and sexual behaviour) and religion, probably the most influential variable of all. Hofstede closes the book |
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Values and Culture | 13 |
Data Collection and Treatment | 54 |
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40 countries answers Austria behavior Belgium Britain Chapter cluster correlated with PDI country scores cross-cultural dimensions ecological correlations ecological fallacy economic growth effect factor analysis factor scores female feminine Figure Finland France Germany Germany F.R. goal importance HERMES data HERMES employees HERMES indices HERMES questionnaire high PDI countries high UAI Hofstede IMEDE Individualism Index inequality Japan large power distance less low UAI matrix McClelland's mean scores measure mental programs modern national culture negative Netherlands Norway occupations organizations participation pattern PDI countries percent political population population density positive Power Distance Index preferred manager questions rank correlation relationship respondents rule orientation samples sex role shift social societal norms society stepwise regression stress structure subordinates superego Sweden Switzerland tend theory tion uncertainty avoidance Uncertainty Avoidance Index United variables variance versus wealth women Yugoslavia